We collected 120 truckloads of litter in 2023 on our track sections across the country.

Last year, 2,473 tonnes of waste accumulated on the 1,237 km of the network we manage.

This includes litter dumped in the bins at rest stops as well as the clean-up of illegal litter dumps and litter collected at the side of the track.

We organise three major litter pick-up programmes in a year, when we clean the entire national network, both within and beyond the guardrails, but our colleagues also pick up litter on the track and in the rest stops every day.

Interestingly, even 73.5 tonnes of tyres were also collected and more than 40 tonnes of rubbish were collected in the aftermath of accidents.

We ask everyone to only put sorted litter in the selective bins and not to bring household waste onto the motorways. It damages the environment and poses serious public health risks. For example, it leads to an increase in insects and rodents, which can spread diseases.

Last year, we also discussed this topic in our driving culture series: https://fb.watch/qDWIq1kCxb/