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View Comments A South Carolina county is planning to pay charities and civic groups $250 a mile for cleaning up litter. Pickens County has set aside $75,000 for the program, enough to clean up 300 miles, said County Councilman Roy Costner III. The program is designed to help struggling groups that have been unable to do their usual fundraising during the pandemic, Costner said. It would also be a way to use COVID relief money aimed at helping communities, without having officials pick and choose which organizations get the relief, he said. The program aims to clean up at least 25% of the county s roads while supporting local organizations and businesses, said Jamie Burns, a spokeswoman for the county. ....