Which would be solved if Palo Alto banned plastic altogether.
Posted on 07/09/2018 5:08:36 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Shocking study reveals 90% of global plastic waste comes from just TEN rivers in Asia and Africa
Study reveals 90 per cent of plastic waste comes from rivers in Asia and Africa
Researchers suggest the best way of reducing plastic is by targeting these
Bag ban skeptics meanwhile claim that shopping bags mostly end up in landfill
University of Sydney professor calls the bag ban a 'low-hanging fruit' issue
By Gavin Butler and Mark Prigg For Dailymail.com
Published: 12:12 EDT, 2 July 2018 | Updated: 11:01 EDT, 5 July 2018
A shocking study has revealed 90 per cent of the world's plastic waste comes from just 10 rivers in Asia and Africa.
As governments around the world rush to address the global problem of plastic pollution in the oceans, researchers have now pinpointed the river systems that carry the majority of it out to sea.
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.
Carried out by Germany's Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, it suggests that the most effective way of reducing the amount of plastic in the world's oceans is by addressing the sources of pollution along such waterways as these.
The researchers, who first released their paper in 2017, issued a chilling warning for the future.
'One thing is certain: this situation cannot continue,' Dr. Christian Schmidt, a hydrogeologist at the Germany's Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Researchsaid when the study was first published.
'But as it is impossible to clean up the plastic debris that is already in the oceans, we must take precautions and reduce the input of plastic quickly and efficiently.'
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Ban plastics in the filthy developing world.....
Ban rivers in Asia and Africa!
Banning straws in CA will fix the problem.
Guess they never heard of a “net”.
All the old couches, beds and chairs come from Tx, but... they are biodegradable....
I am surprised that this study was able to be published. There aren’t that many white people to blame in Asia and Africa.
FB crowd will deny this.
Soras pays for their internet.
Absolutely. Make us pay ten cents a bag at the grocery store in California—that should do it.
Oh, wait—it didn’t.
That's about it.
Which would be solved if Palo Alto banned plastic altogether.
If they paid Indians for plastic they pulled out of the river they would have a mountain of plastic so fast it would make your head spin.
My old stomping grounds. Did Palo Alto really do that?
I checked, the Duwamish Waterway is not on the list. That makes it clear that this is a lefty symbolic gesture by Starbucks, nothing more. Imagine that.
OH MY GOSH!! I’m shocked!! (I’m not)
Can we say "shi**ole now?
You’re in Kansas...how do you know about the Duwamish? LOL
btt
So Starbucks banning straws is just virtue signalling?
And a cost saving move?
Whodda thunk.
What have sh-tholes ever done to deserve the comparison? Sh-tholes deserve an apology.
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