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Us sending our garbage to places like China, India, Indonesia has no bearing on us dumping our garbage in the ocean or not. Those countries willingly bought ou
by c048 7y ago
Us sending our garbage to places like China, India, Indonesia has no bearing on us dumping our garbage in the ocean or not.
Those countries willingly bought our garbage and chose to dump whatever wasn't useful in the manner that they did, all by themselves. Insinuating that, if we didn't sell it, we'd also dump it in the ocean is more wishful(?) thinking than anything else.
- JonAtkinson 7y agoThe idea that there is a joined-up strategy at a national level to ‘buy our garbage’ is weak. These countries have immature regulatory and inspection regimes and garbage is being bought and dumped by for-profit entities because they can get away with doing so. It’s really ugly capitalism.
- ClumsyPilot 7y agoThen why is trash being sent illegally, labelled as fuel? https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2185888/five-years-canadas-dumped-garbage-still-causing-big-stink https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.scmp.com/news/asia/southeas... Also is you know it will end up in the ocean, and you still send it, you are responsible. Just like supplying known criminals with a gun is a crime