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.'
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And my cats agree.
My idiot libtard daughter from L.A. visited me here in north Idaho a couple of weeks ago. She brought me two empty plastic 6 pack can holders and told me to cut the loops with scissors to save the dolphins. I politely told here we don’t have dolphins in north Idaho and threw them in the trash.
This is a golden opportunity to set up a recycling plant at each of the rivers. Scoop it up from the source and sell it back to the schmicks that dumped it, then repeat.
“Ban plastics in the filthy developing world.....”
Yes. It’s a turd world problem that green weenies want the US and Europe to fix.
The Mississippi is NOT one of them, even though it drains most of the United States, from New York to New Mexico, Georgia to Idaho.
Interestingly, plastic bags are mostly illegal in India. Chokes the cows. True story.
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