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Our Plastic World
Raíces EcoCulture Intern Kira Herzog visibly disappointed at how our community's disposable and single-use plastic ends up in our waterways.
Plastic Pollution
Plastic pollution in a section of woods along the Raritan River waterfront, collected by volunteers during the Our Plastic Waters clean up and eco-art workshop.
Riverfront Clean Up
Student volunteer cleaning plastic litter in a wooded section along the waterfront of the Raritan River as part of the Our Plastic Waters EcoArt Workshop in the Water Is Life Initiative.
Pollution
Plastic pollution along the Raritan River waterfront, collected by volunteers during the Our Plastic Waters clean up and eco-art workshop as part of the Water Is Life initiative.
Litter
Litter in Johnson Park, along the Raritan River waterfront, collected by volunteers during the Our Plastic Waters clean up and eco-art workshop.
Plastic Bag Pollution
Plastic bag caught in a bush along the Raritan River waterfront, collected by volunteers during the Our Plastic Waters clean up and eco-art workshop.
Our Plastic Waters
Plastic pollution floating in the Raritan River, collected by volunteers during the Our Plastic Waters clean up and eco-art workshop.
Lady Liberty Litter
Statue of Liberty image printed on some of the litter collected during the Our Plastic Waters eco-art workshop and riverfront clean up.
Plastic Bottles
Plastic bottles were strewn throughout all of the wooded areas along the Raritan River waterfront section volunteers worked to clean up during the Our Plastic Waters eco-art workshop.
Plastic Pollution
There was no shortage of plastic pollution to be collected during the Our Plastic Waters river clean up and eco-art workshop.
Throw Away Consumerism
Raíces EcoCulture Intern Kira Herzog finds a full bottle of soda amongst the plastic bottle debris along the Raritan River during the Our Plastic Waters eco-art workshop and river clean up.
Volunteering
A Rutgers exchange student from China expressed that he had never seen anything like the amount of garbage that was strewn along the Raritan River waterfront during the clean up portion of the Our Plastic Waters eco-art workshop.
Our Plastic Waters - River Clean Up
Volunteer cleaning along the waterfront of the Raritan River as part of the Our Plastic Waters EcoArt Workshop during the Water Is Life Initiative.
Lisa Bagwell - "Garbage Artist"
Artist and workshop leader Lisa Bagwell, who designs sculptures out of garbage, carries bags of litter collected during the Our Plastic Waters clean up out of the wooded areas along the Raritan River.
River Clean Up
Student volunteers pulling plastic pollution out of a feeder stream along the banks of the Raritan River.
Cleaning the Raritan
Student volunteers going the extra mile to remove plastic pollution out of a feeder stream along the banks of the Raritan River.
Cleaning Pollution, Collecting Art Materials
Raíces Cultural Center director Francisco G. Gómez collects litter from along the banks of the Raritan River, later to be used as art materials for "garbage art" sculptures in the Our Plastic Waters eco-art workshop.
Plastic Clogged Waterway
The volunteer pictured here spent almost an hour cleaning this small section of stream that empties into the Raritan River.
Post Clean-Up Sorting
Volunteers and organizers sorting the collected garbage after the river clean up.
Eco-Art Workshop - Sorting Garbage
Volunteers and program participants sort through garbage collected during the Our Plastic Waters eco-art workshop to separate the materials that would be used as art supplies in the eco-art workshop from those which would be hauled away for the…
Sorting Garbage
Sorting garbage collected during the Our Plastic Waters eco-art workshop to separate the materials that would be used for making sculptures from the garbage that would be hauled away for the landfill.
Our Plastic Waters Clean Up
Artist Lisa Bagwell observing volunteers sorting garbage collected during the Our Plastic Waters eco-art workshop. Once sorted, the usable materials would be turned into eco-art sculptures.
EcoCulture Volunteer
Volunteer sorting garbage collected during the Water Is Life Initiative "Our Plastic Waters" eco-art workshop Raritan River clean up. The garbage collected was later turned into eco-art sculptures by the program participants.
Our Plastic Waters - Truckloads of Litter
In just three hours, along a quarter mile of Raritan River waterfront, there were truckloads of litter collected. Volunteers sorted the garbage to separate materials that chould then be made into sculptures.
Litter from the Raritan River
Dozens of bags of litter were collected along a quarter mile stretch of riverfront during the Our Plastic Waters river cleanup. After sorting, some of the garbage found and collected was used to create eco-art sculptures to display during the Water…