Re: The Green Brook- Plainfield 6/12/21:
Thank you Andy and the CJST for your efforts. I grew up in Green Brook and spent a lot of my youth wading the stream through town and into Middlesex. For such a small stream it has A TON of garbage in it, which all makes its way to the Raritan, the bay and the ocean. In summer between rain events, I encountered log jams that collected plastic bottles that covered the surface of the water for hundreds of feet. Lots of tires in the stream too. Behind the truck center across from what is now BowlMore there used to be tons of truck tires in the water.
Most of the garbage that ends up downstream comes out of Plainfield. Maybe if there was a city program to pay for people to recycle plastic bottles, cans etc like a $.05 a piece payment it would provide an incentive to reduce the problem.
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