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Garbage is also a problem in the environment like plastics in oceans, but the problem is not enough (well run and used) land fills (in Asia) not too many!

• RajT88 4y ago
  50% of the plastic problem in the ocean is discarded fishing nets (generally accepted to be discarded from Asian fishing vessels).
  • justapassenger 4y ago
    Source?
    • azertykeys 4y ago
      looks more like 10% [0]. but it depends on where in the ocean you're talking about - they float more easily than a lot of plastic, and so are caught the pacific gyre. [0] https://www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/publication/ghost-gear-the-abandoned-fishing-nets-haunting-our-oceans/ https://www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/publication/ghost-gear-t...
    • doomrobo 4y ago
      A more accurate claim: 46% of the mass of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is fishing nets. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-22939-w https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-22939-w
      • justapassenger 4y ago
        Plastic pollution of oceans is much much bigger problem than just pacific garbage patch.