Raritan river Ganesh pull 8/28/17:

[AndyS]

Walked the river banks in Piscataway at Johnson Park and loaded up. Saw at least 30 or so slightly dissolved into a gooey glob, dismantled one shrine.
Went back to Robert St. with the snorkel mask and double checked the other car in the river and the industrial sized lawnmower, won't be pulled out till after labor Day according to Somerset County Parks Dept.
Water is nice and clean, baitfish everywhere.

[thmyorke1]

They're not as pretty as a bunch of tires, but nice haul. :D

[FASTEDDIE29]

These people with there weird rituals are getting annoying! I hope they all get the plague!!! Nice work getting that pile of shit out of the ribber!!!:cool:

[Sako1]

Sell em' on e bay to subsidize your cleanup activity!

Dave

[NJSquatch]

such a shame....has there been any type of outreach to educate these people to not pollute?

[Jigman13]

such a shame....has there been any type of outreach to educate these people to not pollute?

Have you seen the Ganges?!? They have no idea what pollution is lol...

[Mark B.]

Suma Foods, North Brunswick holds a responsible / legal event @ Johnson Park where the statues are immersed & then recycled: http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07ed8nkah60364e87a&llr=n4i5p8dab

However, as with everything, there are some people who are not responsible, don’t abide by regulations & probably don't want to pay $.

[AndyS]

13:1E-99.3 Penalties for littering 8. a. A person who throws, drops, discards or otherwise places any litter of any nature upon public or private property other than in a litter receptacle commits a petty disorderly persons offense, and notwithstanding the provisions of N.J.S.2C:43-3 to the contrary, for every such offense shall be fined not less than $100 or more than $500. The Superior Court and every municipal court shall have jurisdiction to enforce this section. The State or any municipality may institute proceedings under this section. If a money judgment is rendered against a defendant, the payment made to the court shall be remitted to the chief financial officer of the municipality wherein the violation occurred, to be used by the municipality to help finance litter control activities in addition to or supplementing existing litter pickup and removal activities in the municipality

[NJSquatch]

Have you seen the Ganges?!? They have no idea what pollution is lol...

Looks pristine to me

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1a/IndiaPollution.jpg

[Jigman13]

Good that's awful...

[meatwad555]

According to the internet....

The Hindu festival, Ganesh Chaturthi, marks the birth of Lord Ganesha. Being celebrated in almost all parts of India, this year the auspicious occasion is falling on 25th August, 2017. Every year, Ganesh Chaurthi is celebrated for 10 days with great devotion and enthusiasm.

On the first day, people invite Lord Ganesha by bringing the Ganesha's idol at their home. Maintaining the piousness, they worship for 10 days and on the last day, the idol is taken out in a joyous way and submerge the idol in a large water body.

Better schedule another clean up for next week!

[Riz]

thanks for cleaning up . that pic of the guys in the river is disgusting . I think im gonna hurl