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10 rivers are responsible for 90% of the plastic in the ocean

22 points by protomyth 9y ago

smn1234 9y ago
I assume this is good... that we've found the greatest offenders!? What're the next steps, action plan to remediate? Is there really much required in "working out how best to prevent it? "
- SllX 9y ago
  Yangtze (China) Indus (India, Pakistan, China) Yellow (China) Hai (China) Nile (Egypt, Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Eritrea) Meghna (Bangladesh and I think India?) Pearl (China, Vietnam) Amur (Russia, China) Niger (Guinea, Mali, Niger, Benin, Nigeria) Mekong (China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam) So the article states that 8 are in Asia and 2 are in Africa, which isn't really wrong, but of those 8 in Asia, 7 are in China including the top 4 (mind the Indus only starts in Tibet, most of its course is in the Indian subcontinent). You want to talk about next steps, action plans and remediation? Talk to China, first, India second, Egypt (and maybe Kenya and/or Tanzania for good measure) third and Nigeria fourth. That leaves the Meghna which is mostly within Bangladesh and the Mekong which while having its headwaters in China, mostly drains the portion of southeast Asia between Vietnam and Thailand and the various countries on that peninsula have established the Mekong River Commission to maintain it. Good luck.
  - flukus 9y ago
    > Yangtze (China) Indus (India, Pakistan, China) Yellow (China) Hai (China) Nile (Egypt, Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Eritrea) Meghna (Bangladesh and I think India?) Pearl (China, Vietnam) Amur (Russia, China) Niger (Guinea, Mali, Niger, Benin, Nigeria) Mekong (China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam) If you add up the populations that live within 100KM of those rivers you'd probably be approaching 50% of the human population.
    - smn1234 9y ago
      Well that’s both fascinating and frightening. Perhaps a recycling program or water filtration system can be introduced ? Am I over simplifying ?
      - mofino 9y ago
        Why do you even post a comment?
grwthckrmstr 9y ago
Suggested edit: "humans are responsible for 100% of the plastic in the ocean"
- mofino 9y ago
  Nice. Just whitewash that it's everyone right? It can be like communism for waste. I barely produce any garbage at all, I'm obviously to blame for the polluted oceans just as much as Asians and Africans that don't give a fuck.
gregman1 9y ago
Ban these rivers! Wow, title phrasing.
norikki 9y ago
If only white people had fewer kids, then the environment would be better off. /s https://www.forbes.com/sites/ericagies/2011/10/31/why-im-not-having-kids-and-you-shouldnt-either/#53ee404f377f https://www.forbes.com/sites/ericagies/2011/10/31/why-im-not...

22 points by protomyth 9y ago

I assume this is good... that we've found the greatest offenders!? What're the next steps, action plan to remediate? Is there really much required in "working out how best to prevent it? "

SllX 9y ago
Yangtze (China) Indus (India, Pakistan, China) Yellow (China) Hai (China) Nile (Egypt, Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Eritrea) Meghna (Bangladesh and I think India?) Pearl (China, Vietnam) Amur (Russia, China) Niger (Guinea, Mali, Niger, Benin, Nigeria) Mekong (China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam) So the article states that 8 are in Asia and 2 are in Africa, which isn't really wrong, but of those 8 in Asia, 7 are in China including the top 4 (mind the Indus only starts in Tibet, most of its course is in the Indian subcontinent). You want to talk about next steps, action plans and remediation? Talk to China, first, India second, Egypt (and maybe Kenya and/or Tanzania for good measure) third and Nigeria fourth. That leaves the Meghna which is mostly within Bangladesh and the Mekong which while having its headwaters in China, mostly drains the portion of southeast Asia between Vietnam and Thailand and the various countries on that peninsula have established the Mekong River Commission to maintain it. Good luck.
- flukus 9y ago
  > Yangtze (China) Indus (India, Pakistan, China) Yellow (China) Hai (China) Nile (Egypt, Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Eritrea) Meghna (Bangladesh and I think India?) Pearl (China, Vietnam) Amur (Russia, China) Niger (Guinea, Mali, Niger, Benin, Nigeria) Mekong (China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam) If you add up the populations that live within 100KM of those rivers you'd probably be approaching 50% of the human population.
  - smn1234 9y ago
    Well that’s both fascinating and frightening. Perhaps a recycling program or water filtration system can be introduced ? Am I over simplifying ?
    - mofino 9y ago
      Why do you even post a comment?

grwthckrmstr 9y ago

Suggested edit: "humans are responsible for 100% of the plastic in the ocean"

mofino 9y ago
Nice. Just whitewash that it's everyone right? It can be like communism for waste. I barely produce any garbage at all, I'm obviously to blame for the polluted oceans just as much as Asians and Africans that don't give a fuck.

gregman1 9y ago

Ban these rivers! Wow, title phrasing.

norikki 9y ago

If only white people had fewer kids, then the environment would be better off. /s https://www.forbes.com/sites/ericagies/2011/10/31/why-im-not-having-kids-and-you-shouldnt-either/#53ee404f377f https://www.forbes.com/sites/ericagies/2011/10/31/why-im-not...