I have always been skeptical of this claim. I have seen the Pacific ocean trash problem firsthand; did a lot of beach cleanups. I simply do not believe that 8

I have always been skeptical of this claim. I have seen the Pacific ocean trash problem firsthand; did a lot of beach cleanups. I simply do not believe that 8 million tons of plastic entering the oceans every year is flowing out through rivers from land. Given this new theory I actually suspect that some significant fraction of the plastic waste we were shipping to China for "recycling" was instead being dumped directly into the ocean midway. It'd be cheaper, and it'd be hard to get caught. Given today's greed, I have little doubt this happened.