[AndyS]

6/12/2021 - Green Brook Park Cleanup - another trip to the Green Brook by the Central Jersey Stream Team resulted in another huge trash haul! A big thank you to Cathy Cole for arranging trash disposal by Union County Parks and providing supplies and to LiVay Sweet Shop in Plainfield for bringing delicious cupcakes in the morning to give a boost at the start! A big thank you also to Assemblywoman Linda S. Carter for joining us to discuss the trash and litter problem and listening to ways to address it.
With 15-20 volunteers, we had some picking up litter in the park and others dedicated to in-stream cleaning. We found the usual… tires (24 total), a whole shopping cart and 2 that came out in pieces, bike parts, lots of cans and bottles, miscellaneous plastic parts and more… but the day also included finding an entire car seat, mattress (one of many in various stages of decay), box spring, futon, TVs, stair climbing machine, electronic dart board, stuffed animals and so much more that you’d never expect to find in the stream. Particularly the amount of “fabric” items in this stream is crazy… mattresses, comforters, blankets, padding, rugs, clothes, etc that wrapped themselves around everything (also lots of plastic bags doing the same).