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95% of plastic polluting world's oceans comes from just 10 rivers
wnd.com ^
| 4/19/2018
| unk
Posted on 04/20/2018 6:18:06 AM PDT by rktman
Up to 95 per cent of plastic polluting the worlds oceans pours in from just ten rivers, according to new research.
The top 10 rivers eight of which are in Asia accounted for so much plastic because of the mismanagement of waste.
About five trillion pounds is floating in the sea, and targeting the major sources such as the Yangtze and the Ganges could almost halve it, scientists claim.
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt flew in coach-class seats on at least two trips home to Oklahoma when taxpayers werent footing the bill, despite claims he needed to travel in first class at government expense because of security threats.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Miscellaneous; Philosophy
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To: Robert DeLong
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posted on
04/20/2018 6:56:47 AM PDT
by
rktman
(Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
To: CMB_polarization
Do you have anything to back that up? If so, that’s more ammo in the magazine to show the absolute fallacy and stupidity of most recycling programs, especially curbside recycling.
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posted on
04/20/2018 6:57:07 AM PDT
by
cyclotic
( WeÂ’re the first ones taxed, the last ones considered and the first ones punished)
To: CharleysPride
He flew home to Oklahoma. How many violent SJWs fly to OK?
To: cyclotic
Yeah, that'll not be good. Just don't get a window seat. 🙀
44
posted on
04/20/2018 6:58:25 AM PDT
by
rktman
(Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
To: CMB_polarization
Soooo...all the plastic we were recycling, sending to Asia, just got dumped into rivers...??? HHmmmm....probably what we’ll find out soon.
45
posted on
04/20/2018 7:00:02 AM PDT
by
goodnesswins
(There were 1.41 MILLION NON Profit orgs in 2013 with $1.73 TRILLION in REVENUE)
To: ctdonath2
The top 10 rivers - eight of which are in Asia +2 from Africa.
Simply stated as ten rivers from shitholes.
46
posted on
04/20/2018 7:01:20 AM PDT
by
DUMBGRUNT
(This Space for Rent)
To: rktman
On the plus side, no plastic is flowing out of the Great Basin...
47
posted on
04/20/2018 7:02:46 AM PDT
by
null and void
("We don't let them have ideas. Why would we let them have guns?" ~ Joseph Stalin)
To: NativeSon
48
posted on
04/20/2018 7:08:02 AM PDT
by
usconservative
(When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
To: rktman
Aisle best, window next.
A couple years ago, I got stuck in a middle row from Vegas to Baltimore. Uggggg
49
posted on
04/20/2018 7:09:28 AM PDT
by
cyclotic
( WeÂ’re the first ones taxed, the last ones considered and the first ones punished)
To: cyclotic
630am is a bear, out of BWI too I reckon, good luck.
BWI, in cahoots with Charlotte, have cost me one set of luggage and two cancelled flights.
50
posted on
04/20/2018 7:10:05 AM PDT
by
CharleysPride
(The Federal Jihad against Marijuana is over. Thank you, President Trump.)
To: rktman
95% of plastic polluting world's oceans comes from just 10 rivers - 8 of these are in Asia, 2 are in Africa But "justice" dictates that the United States must pay to clean it all up...
51
posted on
04/20/2018 7:14:02 AM PDT
by
WayneS
(An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. - Winston Churchill)
To: VanShuyten
The grand “Ah-whoomp” of the freeze.
52
posted on
04/20/2018 7:15:17 AM PDT
by
Blueflag
(Res ipsa loquitur: non vehere est inermus)
To: rktman
53
posted on
04/20/2018 7:15:22 AM PDT
by
bgill
(CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
To: woodbutcher1963
Yes. But most of that land is bereft of civilization.
54
posted on
04/20/2018 7:15:48 AM PDT
by
WayneS
(An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. - Winston Churchill)
To: ctdonath2
It was in the sub-title under the headline.
55
posted on
04/20/2018 7:17:43 AM PDT
by
WayneS
(An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. - Winston Churchill)
To: Bryanw92
Yeah, they’re just teenage mutant
enzymes now. When they reach
maturity, they’ll be devouring
entire ships....
56
posted on
04/20/2018 7:24:27 AM PDT
by
Lean-Right
(Eat More Moose)
To: rktman
Is it bigger than Texas, sure, if you believe the environmentalists. Who knows.
But, far from an enormous floating pile of trash, it's more like the equivalent of a plastic bottlecap per acre.
Trash, to be sure, but nothing like environmentalists would have you believe.
57
posted on
04/20/2018 7:28:15 AM PDT
by
wbill
To: CharleysPride
I fly a decent amount. Haven’t ever lost luggage. It got delayed once and I had to attend a business meeting in Jeans and a T-shirt.
I’m an hour away and really don’t want to wake up at 3:30am.
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posted on
04/20/2018 7:30:00 AM PDT
by
cyclotic
( WeÂ’re the first ones taxed, the last ones considered and the first ones punished)
To: wbill
Like I said, still waiting for pics from ISS revealing its true size and location. Maybe it’s just an extension of the Sargaso Sea and is invisible most of the time. Funny thing is that we’ve been places you would think had never been stepped on by humans and-—— BOOM! Beer can. LOL!
59
posted on
04/20/2018 7:32:58 AM PDT
by
rktman
(Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
To: rktman
Somehow this is probably the fault of the USA, and more specifically, white, conservative, employed, married Christian American men.
And the solution is for the same group to pay more taxes and turn in their guns.
That should cover it.
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