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> African You have heard wrong. Then again: "More than 1000 rivers account for 80% of global riverine plastic emissions into the ocean" https://www.science.or
by robocat 2y ago
> African
You have heard wrong. Then again:
"More than 1000 rivers account for 80% of global riverine plastic emissions into the ocean" https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aaz5803 https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aaz5803 Has some nice maps of waste versus country: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aaz5803#F4 https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aaz5803#F4
"Around 90% of all river-borne plastic that ends up in the ocean comes from just 10 rivers" 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...
Not necessarily contradictory, but an indication of disagreement.
- stoperaticless 2y agoThe map shows asia and south america as top offenders.
- thriftwy 2y agoThanks - I'm surprised that Amur is also on the list. I'd expect everybody on its banks has figured out how to deal with waste by now.