Parking Lot Sweeping in VA in Demand as State Cracks Down on Litterbugs

The State of Virginia, in cooperation with authorities on several military bases and city governments, is taking steps to enforce laws against illegal dumping, and local businesses are responding by booking street sweeping services for their properties.

Alexandria, United States – October 18, 2017 /MarketersMedia/ —

The State of Virginia, in cooperation with authorities on several military bases and city governments, is taking steps to enforce laws against illegal dumping, and local businesses are responding by booking street sweeping services for their properties. This move comes after a summer in which personnel on military bases around the Northern Virginia area — including security staff at Arlington National Cemetery — have been assigned extra duty to pick up and dispose of litter dropped in the parking lots.

Improperly disposing of litter on private property is a crime in Virginia, under Code of Virginia 33.1-346, which states that it is an offense to knowingly drop or dispose of trash outside of a designated receptacle. This definition covers garbage dropped on the pavement of a private parking lot, strewn over green areas or left on the sidewalk and other pedestrian areas. Some leniency is written into the code for property owners, but they can be cited too if the litter creates a safety hazard or is not collected in a timely manner.

This situation has alarmed the law enforcement detachment at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, which has not only assigned its own officers to clear debris from visitor areas but also set out multiple waste receptacles along McNair Road, the base’s main drag. Personnel have also been advised to watch guests’ cars and gathering places for acts of littering and to write tickets when the behavior is observed.

Officers assigned to cleanup report having to clean up fast food containers, disposable diapers, cigarette butts, used tickets and other paper waste. These items create a mess that ranges between merely unsightly to acutely dangerous, with some biological waste creating an actual hazard to human health. If left uncollected, this mess not only builds up over time; it starts to break down and becomes much more difficult to clear away.

While military bases and government facilities struggle to keep up with the near-constant flow of litter on their premises, private property owners have options for keeping their land clear and clean. Atlantic S&C offers parking lot sweeping in Virginia, which can go a long way toward mitigating the problem. Atlantic’s services include parking lot pickup and environmentally responsible waste hauling and disposal, spray cleaning of tough spots and even the reporting of observed violators to local police. Company employees also volunteer to collect mislaid shopping carts and other store property and return these items to the designated collection points. Whether a business needs weekly visits from a professional parking lot sweeping service or it’s a low-traffic area that only needs a once-over every month or so, the professionals at Atlantic S&C are ready to do their part to keep customers’ property clean, safe and legal.

Contact Info:
Name: Scot Small
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Organization: Atlantic Sweeping & Cleaning Inc.
Address: PO Box 10740 Alexandria, Virginia 22310
Phone: 703-684-1095

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