> the plastic pollution in the ocean I read in the press that the Philippines is one of the primary producers of plastic pollutants that doom the oceans. Exam

> the plastic pollution in the ocean I read in the press that the Philippines is one of the primary producers of plastic pollutants that doom the oceans. Example: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-47608949 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-47608949 It's an amazing claim that that modest sized country was the source of much of the global problems given that plastic bags and six-pack rings etc are routinely used across the globe. Maybe it's true. Perhaps Filipinos are vastly more likely to discard plastic bags than most of the rest of the world. But how were these assessments and rankings really made?