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Emissions are far from the main problem here. Plastic is the #1 pollutant in oceans and rivers: https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_58fed37be4b0c46f0781d426 http
by ricardobeat 8y ago
Emissions are far from the main problem here. Plastic is the #1 pollutant in oceans and rivers: https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_58fed37be4b0c46f0781d426 https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_58fed37be4b0c46f0781d426
And 80% of it originates from the land.
- dehrmann 8y agoRead my comment again. I didn't dispute that point; I was talking about carbon emissions and landfill space.
- tootie 8y agoBut how much of that plastic is bags? And how much is consumer plastic and how much is industrial?
- ricardobeat 8y agoIt's hard to find sources measuring weight/volume, but usually goes something like this: > Extrapolating with the help of estimates from the 2017 National Geographic report that 79% of plastic in landfills ends as free floating waste worldwide (6.3 billion tons), it can be estimated that the U.S. is responsible for 327 billion bags that goes into the seas. And the global contribution to ocean debris is 3.95 trillion bags each year