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Most of the plastic gets into the oceans from a couple of rivers in Asia. I wonder whether it'd be possible to build such cleanup facilities close to those rive
by Flip-per 8y ago
Most of the plastic gets into the oceans from a couple of rivers in Asia.
I wonder whether it'd be possible to build such cleanup facilities close to those river mouths (still in the rivers, not in the ocean). It'd be easier to maintain and clean the filter systems - to me that seems easier and more effective. It could be an addition to filter systems in the ocean.
- maccam94 8y agoThis has been debunked. 10 rivers in China account for 90% of plastic carried to the ocean by rivers. "...all rivers contribute between 5 and 34.4% of the total annual land-based input of plastics into the ocean, and 88-95% of this comes from 10 rivers. That means that the overall percentage of land-based plastics coming from these 10 rivers is somewhere between 4.5 and 31%. Possibly a substantial amount, but nowhere near the claimed 90%." https://www.reddit.com/r/badscience/comments/aj0idr/debunking_90_of_landbased_plastics_comes_from_10/ https://www.reddit.com/r/badscience/comments/aj0idr/debunkin...