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Have another source we can check out if this one is ‘bullshit’ in your opinion?
by tchock23 4y ago
Have another source we can check out if this one is ‘bullshit’ in your opinion?
- pfdietz 4y agoLet's google quickly. https://www.voanews.com/a/science-health_us-among-top-contributors-ocean-plastic-pollution/6197943.html https://www.voanews.com/a/science-health_us-among-top-contri... "The U.S. generated a staggering 42 million metric tons of plastic waste in 2016 — more than any other country in the world, according to the analysis. Up to 2.2 million metric tons of this waste ended up in the ocean." So, 5.2%. Is that "much" of the stated 94% that isn't recycled? Plastic directly released to the ocean in the US (as opposed to US plastic shipped overseas, then released to the ocean) is estimated at < 0.01 kg/capita (2019). That looks low, maybe too low; it's three orders of magnitude below that other estimate. https://ourworldindata.org/plastic-pollution https://ourworldindata.org/plastic-pollution