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These Cleaning Devices should be placed at the mouth of these 10 rivers. It would prevent 90% of all Ocean plastic. https://www.dw.com/en/almost-all-plastic-in
by hourislate 7y ago
These Cleaning Devices should be placed at the mouth of these 10 rivers. It would prevent 90% of all Ocean plastic.
https://www.dw.com/en/almost-all-plastic-in-the-ocean-comes-from-just-10-rivers/a-41581484 https://www.dw.com/en/almost-all-plastic-in-the-ocean-comes-...
- mostlyjason 7y agoThey also built a system called The Interceptor that cleans rivers https://theoceancleanup.com/rivers/ https://theoceancleanup.com/rivers/
- radicsge 7y agoThis is really cool technology, should get more advertisement
- comicjk 7y agoI think that article is based on outdated information. More recently people have started to look at plastic released on the open sea through fishing, and found it to be bigger than all land-based sources. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/nov/06/dumped-fishing-gear-is-biggest-plastic-polluter-in-ocean-finds-report https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/nov/06/dumped-f...
- adaml_623 7y agoSorry I think you've misread that article. Gear from fishing is "estimated to make up 10% of ocean plastic pollution". 70% of large things. 10% of total.
- keanzu 7y agoWell that's some confusing reporting. The title is "Dumped fishing gear is biggest plastic polluter in ocean, finds report" yet does go on to say 10%. Greenpeace: "Ghost gear makes up an estimated 10% of the plastic waste in our oceans, but represents a much higher proportion of large plastics found floating at the surface." https://www.greenpeace.org/africa/en/blogs/8248/ghost-gear-the-abandoned-fishing-nets-haunting-our-oceans/ https://www.greenpeace.org/africa/en/blogs/8248/ghost-gear-t...
- keanzu 7y agoOver three-quarters of the GPGP mass was carried by debris larger than 5 cm and at least 46% was comprised of fishing nets. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-22939-w https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-22939-w