SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Before you toss trash out the car window while cruising down an Illinois highway, think of this: Taxpayers pay $6 million a year to clean it up.
The Illinois Department of Transportation says proper disposal of waste saves in other ways too.
The $6.1 million IDOT spent last year to pick up litter could pay for resurfacing 30 miles of road or 40 maintenance trucks that could double as snowplows.
