It's not clear that this article makes a relevant point. The existence of trash isn't under dispute in the article, only a very specific route for trash to rea

It's not clear that this article makes a relevant point. The existence of trash isn't under dispute in the article, only a very specific route for trash to reach the ocean. It's not clear that somehow exporting trash, alone, implicates western countries in its reaching the ocean. Is it mismanaged trash collecting companies in developing countries that dump in the ocean? Is that the route? Or is it dumping in rivers, as the article suggests.