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As the article implies: The source of the plastic in the ocean are poorer Asian countries (India, Vietnam, Cambodia, China). The reason is that these countries
by nroets 4y ago
As the article implies: The source of the plastic in the ocean are poorer Asian countries (India, Vietnam, Cambodia, China). The reason is that these countries lack (a) properly designed landfills (b) the logistics to send all their trash to landfills and (c) a culture of putting trash in bins.
Asian countries will not transition to paper bags and cotton bag straps because it's too expensive and not as convenient as plastic.
- fnordpiglet 4y agoThey also note that a lot of developed countries plastic trash ends up in countries with less tight controls. So reducing that export of plastic should help. Finally, just because someone else does something bad doesn’t justify doing it yourself and compounding the problem.