Summit confronts state’s litter problem

Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser speaks at Monday’s regional summit on litter held at LSUE. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)
Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser speaks at Monday’s regional summit on litter held at LSUE. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

Some $91 million is spent cleaning up litter in Louisiana every year, according to Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser, who highlighted a eight-parish regional summit on litter Monday at LSUE. “I remember the president of Nissan Motors stood up at a press conference 30 years ago before I was in politics, and he said, ‘We decided we’re going to build our plant in Jackson, Mississippi, instead of New Orleans E…