New Jersey motorists and their fellow travelers from out of state left over 500 tons — that tons — of litter on state-controlled roadways in 2010.
The Department of Transportation, as part of its “Clean Up NJ” initiative, also removed 51,000 square yards of graffiti.
And Transportation Commissioner James S. Simpson told the Assembly Budget Committee Thursday that as soon as the department is finished cleaning up from another one of the five toughest winters in the last 80 years, it will return to the litter and graffiti cleanup campaign.
STOP LITTERING!!
I pickup roadside garbage in a rural part of the state. Residential areas are mostly clean, but the areas bordering state parks and wooded/abandoned lots are filthy. I can fill up a huge old duffle bag with crushed plastic bottles and cans within 50 to 100 feet, and these are places that are regularly cleaned up by other people, too; they are cleaned at least on a monthly basis. I support any police that ticket litterbugs, anyone that throws cigarette butts to plastic bottles out their windows should be punished.
New jersey’s litter is reaching epidemic levels. I live in Monmouth county and the amount of plastic along roadsides is growing exponentially. Nobody is enforcing this. I think there needs to be a strong federal or state advertising campaign that sends a strong message that littering is gross and a crime. People should not tolerate it and report littering to local authorities.
Please. Let’s take action!!!
I can’t believe so many people do this! Something should be done about it.