"We’ve noticed a significant increase in the amount of litter that’s being deposited on our roadways throughout San Diego County," Rizzutto said. That includes a lot of single-use plastics like gloves and masks. Officials said they are considering full freeway closures during the daytime elsewhere in the county just for litter removal. “We wanna provide for the safety of our employees and working next to live traffic is a very hazardous state to be working in,” Rizzuto said. Officials say when it rains, the littered PPE gets washed into drainage facilities which get plugged up, making it a difficult clean-up.