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I've read that 90+% of plastic pollution comes from Asia and Africa. This is dumb, "feel good" politics and nothing else. I put all my grocery store bags into a
by m0zg 8y ago
I've read that 90+% of plastic pollution comes from Asia and Africa. This is dumb, "feel good" politics and nothing else. I put all my grocery store bags into another grocery store bag and take them back to the store when the bag gets full, and I've been doing this for at least the last decade. The store recycles the bags.
- elicash 8y agoThe plastics clogging the waterways in NY did not come from Asia and Africa.
- siruncledrew 8y agoPeople are downvoting this, but it's true: http://oceancrusaders.org/plastic-crusades/plastic-statistics/ http://oceancrusaders.org/plastic-crusades/plastic-statistic... https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/06/90-of-plastic-polluting-our-oceans-comes-from-just-10-rivers/ https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/06/90-of-plastic-polluti... On a local level, it's still good to encourage better environmental practices and reduce plastic waste. On a global level, I suppose this is a "feel good" law in the sense that the heaviest polluters are mostly Asian countries, and a lot of work needs to be done there.