95% of plastic polluting world's oceans comes from just 10 rivers

wnd.com ^ | 4/19/2018 | unk

[rktman]

Up to 95 per cent of plastic polluting the world’s 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 weren’t footing the bill, despite claims he needed to travel in first class at government expense because of security threats.

[rktman]

Tx. I’m sure he did his.

[cyclotic]

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.

[sportutegrl]

He flew home to Oklahoma. How many violent SJWs fly to OK?

[rktman]

Yeah, that'll not be good. Just don't get a window seat. 🙀

[goodnesswins]

Soooo...all the plastic we were recycling, sending to Asia, just got dumped into rivers...??? HHmmmm....probably what we’ll find out soon.

[DUMBGRUNT]

“The top 10 rivers - eight of which are in Asia” +2 from Africa.

Simply stated as ten rivers from shitholes.

[null and void]

On the plus side, no plastic is flowing out of the Great Basin...

[usconservative]

POST OF THE DAY!!!

[cyclotic]

Aisle best, window next.

A couple years ago, I got stuck in a middle row from Vegas to Baltimore. Uggggg

[CharleysPride]

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.

[WayneS]

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...

[Blueflag]

The grand “Ah-whoomp” of the freeze.

[bgill]

IOW, Asians are filthy.

[WayneS]

Yes. But most of that land is bereft of civilization.

[WayneS]

It was in the sub-title under the headline.

[Lean-Right]

Yeah, they’re just teenage mutant
enzymes now. When they reach
maturity, they’ll be devouring
entire ships....

[wbill]

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.

[cyclotic]

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.

[rktman]

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!

[Blue Collar Christian]

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.