Family takes [litter] matters into their own hands Roadside trash causes mom and daughter to take action By Anna Phillips | January 20, 2021 at 10:45 PM EST - Updated January 20 at 11:54 PM NEW HANOVER COUNTY, N.C. (WECT) - Kim Schwab found herself growing increasingly frustrated by the amount of litter she saw on the sides of the roads as she drove her daughter Violet to school. “It’s something that I think is just getting worse and worse and as I travel throughout the state it’s definitely gotten worse...a lot worse,” she said. “It’s at it’s peak I’ve ever seen it.”