One thing to be aware of though is all these numbers are in the 0.x% range per country, making it easy to draw "eh we're not so bad" type of conclusions. But c

One thing to be aware of though is all these numbers are in the 0.x% range per country, making it easy to draw "eh we're not so bad" type of conclusions. But consider visualizing it like this: if the entire amount of ocean pollution was represented by a 10x10x10 pile of tires, 2.5 tires would be of American origin. So while not completely embarrassing, it's not exactly great either. Considering there are some 200 countries in world, 0.x% contribution is within the same order of magnitude to the average contribution. So although some countries have more slack to pick up, I think the alarmist tone about US isn't necessarily unwarranted.