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Have you spent time in any major American coastal city or one with an ocean bound river. There is so much plastic litter. I'm in Manhattan and I see plastic lit
by Projectiboga 3y ago
Have you spent time in any major American coastal city or one with an ocean bound river. There is so much plastic litter. I'm in Manhattan and I see plastic litter every day. If even some of it doesn't get swept up it's a short trip to the East River, a tidal estuary of the Atlantic Ocean. This isn't a theory these things are gathering into the oceans and in our bodies.
- BurningFrog 3y agoI'm sure Manhattan has more trash than either of us would wish. But I think looking around Times Square is not the best way to study this scientifically. The studies that have been done in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch shows that it's majority from China, with Indonesia a strong seconds. US contributes < 1%. This would be a more convincing post if I could point to sources. I don't have time to dig those up, so this data is from my memory. Take it for what it is...