April is the month that many people spring clean their homes, but this spring attention was turned outside to roadways, streams and yards with a month-long litter-prevention celebration. Thousands of volunteers joined together to clean up Missouri during the month of April for the No MOre Trash! Bash.

Less trash on our roadsides and in our streams and rivers, as well as educating the public about the real cost of litter, was the goal of the second annual No MOre Trash! Bash, sponsored by MoDOT and the Missouri Department of Conservation.

“We want people to realize littering isn’t good for anyone,” said Stacy Armstrong, one of the MoDOT No MOre Trash! Bash coordinators. “It costs Missouri millions of dollars each year – money that could be spent improving our roads instead.”

To celebrate the bash, MoDOT encouraged all Adopt-A-Highway volunteers, MoDOT personnel and citizens to hold litter pickups and host educational programs to raise awareness about Missouri's litter problem.

Thousands of people statewide banded together throughout the month to clean Missouri and make it litter free, as well as educate citizens on why they shouldn’t litter in the first place.

Many pickup and educational events were held when all was said and done. MoDOT personnel also distributed No MOre Trash! and Adopt-A-Highway materials during the Department of Natural Resource’s Earth Day celebration on April 21 in Jefferson City.

In District 9, the city of Waynesville had a pride and arbor day where members of the community picked up trash and planted trees around the city. District 1 also held several activities to aid in the cleanup efforts.

Everyone who participated will be recognized with the No MOre Trash! Bash 2006 pin.