Vienna, July 20, 2026
The highway operator Asfinag announced on Monday that around 8,915 tons of litter were collected from Austria's highways and expressways in 2025.
The amounts decreased by 105 tons compared to 2024. Nevertheless, the burden remains high: the costs incurred by collection amount to just under nine million euros in 2025, according to a statement from the highway operator Asfinag.
Regional distribution
The province with the most waste was Lower Austria with 1,975 tons. Upper Austria followed in second place with 1,504 tons and Carinthia with 1,305 tons. In Carinthia, Salzburg, Burgenland and Vorarlberg, the amount of waste increased compared to the previous year, and in Vienna it even more than doubled compared to 2024.
A significant portion of the work is done by hand. Since around a quarter of the total amount of litter has to be collected manually by Asfinag staff, the manually collected quantities amounted to more than 2,200 tons of litter last year.
