EPA’s Escaped Trash Risk Map

EPA’s Trash Free Waters program has mapped estimated escaped trash density on land and at risk of getting into waterways in its newly released the Escaped Trash Risk Map, which displays trash density across the United States as of September 2024. This tool is designed to help local governments and communities identify areas with an estimated high-density of escaped trash so that increased street sweeping, additional public trash cans, adopt-a-street initiatives, or other potential interventions can be evaluated to address the problem.