> 93% of plastic polluting the world's oceans comes from 10 rivers. This statements contradicts your article, which states: "A recent study estimates that more

> 93% of plastic polluting the world's oceans comes from 10 rivers. This statements contradicts your article, which states: "A recent study estimates that more than a quarter of all that waste could be pouring in from just 10 rivers, eight of them in Asia." Your 10 listed rivers contribute 93% of the plastic waste brought into the ocean _by rivers_. Also see this breakdown by country: https://www.statista.com/chart/12211/the-countries-polluting-the-oceans-the-most/ https://www.statista.com/chart/12211/the-countries-polluting... Indonesia, the Philippines, and Vietnam each bring more marine plastic waste into the ocean than Egypt, but there is not a single river carrying it like the Nile.