407 tires in the last clean up !!

[AndyS]

So far that is 508 tires in a 10 mile stretch from 3 Bridges to Raritan.

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[GetANet]

Great job !!! Excellent seeing people caring about restoring the Mighty Raritan!!!!

[EJS]

Thank you Andy for bringing boats and pulling tires with us! Thank you Sean for your donation, it helped to keep the volunteers hydrated and fed. Thank you NJFishing.com for assisting us in making these clean-ups so successful. The clean up results have left everyone is shock, including myself and the other organizers. We set a goal of another 100 tires and 30 cubic yards of trash.

Yesterdays clean-up resulted in 407 tires and over 50+ cubic yards of trash (total for all zones on 8/18). The photo of the tires under the bridge was taken at Opie Road. That picture has 94 tires, two bicycles, 1 office chair, and various debris. Over the next two days we are looking for volunteers to help move those tires from under that bridge to behind the guard rail at the road. I will be loading and shuttling tires from there to the Sellers Maintenance Facility in Raritan.

If you are interested in helping, please message me for further details.

[AndyS]

May be one more in September, I'll keep you posted.

[lunkertaker]

Thank You Andy and All other volunteers that helped pick up the crap other folks have dumped into our waterways

Whoever thought it was a good idea to toss > 400 tires in a river? Don't know, but thank GOD we have folks willing to make the effort to clean up F..kup mess created in the past.

If a clean up is near me in Sept...IN

[Duffman]

Originally Posted by lunkertaker

Whoever thought it was a good idea to toss > 400 tires in a river? Don't know

Been reading this thread for a while to see how many tires were coming out of the river. Interesting to say the least, but not surprising.

I don't want to say I "know" why the dumping is being done, but being in the business of cars kinda gives me an understanding.

No one wants to pay the tire disposal fee associated with buying new tires. The $2 to $10 (yes$10) per tire disposal fee just begs for some people to say I'll throw them out on my own. Once they realize they cant throw them out with their regular garbage and ...well, they end up wherever.

[JerryC]

well done