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Are there no environmental concerns here? I'm kind of confused why no one seems to mention anything about that.

• wongarsu 6y ago
  3000 containers/year is a pretty small drop in the ocean. Most dangerous chemicals that you don't want in the ocean are loaded in a way that they are surrounded by other containers, so they are less likely to fall off (and less likely to be shot by pirates and catch fire). It seems reasonable to assume that the vast majority of the sinking containers are filled with pretty harmless stuff
  • edoceo 5y ago
    I saw somewhere that for loading the outer/upper containers are lighter ones, and generally consumer grade plastic crap (toys, shoes, etc). same video shows loads of this stuff arriving on the shores of Oregon, USA - just a little waterlogged.
  • egocentric 5y ago
    > drop in the ocean cough
    • robbrown451 5y ago
      My analysis of that analogy is that "ocean," being on both sides of the equation, simply cancels out, so basically it is saying that a 3000 shipping containers equals one drop. Which I'm not buying. :)
      • _Microft 5y ago
        There are five oceans worldwide, though. So I would like to correct your calculation like this: 3000 containers/(1 year * 5 oceans) = 1 drop/ocean Therefore 1 drop equals 600 containers/year. Have a nice day and stay silly :)
  • dzhiurgis 5y ago
    > 3000 containers/year is a pretty small drop in the ocean Exactly. Single ship holding 30k loosing 10 means just 0.03%... It's nothing.