Lantern fest aftermath

[Flyguide7]

A friend gave me this photo of the litter allegedly caused by the Brookdale farms Lantern Fest. The highlight of the festival they launched a few thousand  paper bag lanterns aloft, but took no apparent thought of the aftermath since this photo was taken the next day. How can this be permitted to happen?

[joeD]

Because, that’s why. 

Lanterns. Not fish poachers.

Not chemicals.

Not gravel bar miners.

Not gun nuts.

Lanterns.

Peace brother.

[fishinwrench]

I cleaned my gutters out a month or so ago and was surprised that there were 4 bottle rockets and an ink pen in there.  My daughter probably threw the pen, but nobody shot bottle rockets around my house !   How'd those get in there? 

Pretty sure the lantern stuff is biodegradable, but yeah it looks bad.  Jillions of them are launched every year though, and as far as I know nobody ever chases them down to pick them up.  

[semble]

I was wondering what the MODOT sign warning of caution for lantern fest traffic on Antire by Henges was about.  Now I wonder why I wasted my time wondering.

[Johnsfolly]

Don't know about the Lanterns. My pet peeve is the political signage left after an election. I believe that if you lose the election you should have to clean up all of those signs☺! Will never happen but a man can dream!

[shrapnel]

These are banned in several states.  The idea of sending a fire skyward on something that was built in China for pennies just seems like a bad idea.  I have seen them come down and set something on fire several times.

[MOFishwater]

I live in Eureka and saw a lot of complaints...Brookedale Farms says the lanterns are rice paper and should dissolve after a rain fwiw. ANy idea specific location? Apparently there is a # you can call for their cleanup crew on each lantern's tag. I could let them know where this spot is if you can provide the location.

[Flyguide7]

14 hours ago, joeD said:

Because, that’s why. 

Lanterns. Not fish poachers.

Not chemicals.

Not gravel bar miners.

Not gun nuts.

Lanterns.

Peace brother.

Understood, litter on a beautiful stream just makes me sad. 

[Flyguide7]

5 hours ago, shrapnel said:

These are banned in several states.  The idea of sending a fire skyward on something that was built in China for pennies just seems like a bad idea.  I have seen them come down and set something on fire several times.

I agree and sending them aloft on a dry year is adding additional risk.

[Flyguide7]

2 hours ago, MOFishwater said:

I live in Eureka and saw a lot of complaints...Brookedale Farms says the lanterns are rice paper and should dissolve after a rain fwiw. That looks terrible though. ANy idea specific location? Apparently there is a # you can call for their cleanup crew on each lantern's tag. I could let them know where this spot is if you can provide the location.

I was told the pic was taken by the confluence of the Big and Meramec Rivers.