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It's 10 rivers [1] passing through some of the largest population centers on earth. That is still a big problem. Micro-plastics is, imho, a scarier one since th
by janice1999 2y ago
It's 10 rivers [1] passing through some of the largest population centers on earth. That is still a big problem. Micro-plastics is, imho, a scarier one since they're now showing up in many water supplies.
[1] https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/06/90-of-plastic-polluting-our-oceans-comes-from-just-10-rivers/ https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/06/90-of-plastic-polluti...
- scotty79 2y agoThe problem is that those populations lack the infrastructure and organization so they made the rivers ad-hoc trash disposal system. And it works too well for them. It's not the plastic that's a problem. It's poverty and lack of organization of those regions. If humanity never invented the plastic those rivers would still be the most polluted (with population waste) rivers on the globe.