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IIRC, ~30%[0] of ocean plastic came from fishing nests. They are huge, break often and it’s easier and cheaper to throw aboard an old one than bring it onshore

IIRC, ~30%[0] of ocean plastic came from fishing nests. They are huge, break often and it’s easier and cheaper to throw aboard an old one than bring it onshore for recycling. (edit) 0: 46% https://www.seashepherdglobal.org/latest-news/marine-debris-plastic-fishing-gear/ https://www.seashepherdglobal.org/latest-news/marine-debris-... Totally unrelated but since it’s from seashepherd I can’t help adding Paul Watson trial from extradition in Japan is tomorrow.

legulere 2y ago
I think the number comes from one study about the great pacific garbage patch and cannot be generalised to all ocean trash.
- aziaziazi 2y ago
  You are very right: > Approximately 46% of the 79 thousand tons of ocean plastic in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is made up of fishing nets, some as large as football fields, according to the study published in March 2018 in Scientific Reports While generalisations may be misleading, when people talk about ocean pollutions they often think about the patches.
daedrdev 2y ago
Additionally, the top 10 rivers, 9 of which in Asia, produce an extremely high precent of land based ocean pollution
- immibis 2y ago
  E.g. the bottles we sent them for "recycling"
  - aziaziazi 2y ago
    For the sake of analogy: or the sea food we buy from them
  - gruez 2y ago
    That makes up a tiny amount of overall plastic waste. >I estimate that a few percent of ocean plastics could result from trade from rich countries. A figure as high as 5% would not be unreasonable. https://ourworldindata.org/plastic-waste-trade https://ourworldindata.org/plastic-waste-trade
  - sofixa 2y ago
    Not only. If you go to a developing country in Asia, more likely than not you'll see that locals have no issues throwing thrash everywhere in nature because they're not conscient of the problems it causes.
    - aziaziazi 2y ago
      True, but for now Asia is far from the biggest consumer. https://tappwater.co/blogs/blog/how-many-people-consume-bottled-water-globally#:~:text=The%20bottled%20water%20market%20globally,1%20million%20bottles%20per%20minute https://tappwater.co/blogs/blog/how-many-people-consume-bott.... https://www.statista.com/statistics/505794/cds-per-capita-consumption-in-worlds-top-ten-population-countries/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/505794/cds-per-capita-co...
      - sofixa 2y ago
        Considering that in some Asian countries the only way to acquire drinkable water is to buy it bottled, I'm somewhat doubtful of those "estimates".

legulere 2y ago

I think the number comes from one study about the great pacific garbage patch and cannot be generalised to all ocean trash.

aziaziazi 2y ago
You are very right: > Approximately 46% of the 79 thousand tons of ocean plastic in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is made up of fishing nets, some as large as football fields, according to the study published in March 2018 in Scientific Reports While generalisations may be misleading, when people talk about ocean pollutions they often think about the patches.

daedrdev 2y ago

Additionally, the top 10 rivers, 9 of which in Asia, produce an extremely high precent of land based ocean pollution

immibis 2y ago
E.g. the bottles we sent them for "recycling"
- aziaziazi 2y ago
  For the sake of analogy: or the sea food we buy from them
- gruez 2y ago
  That makes up a tiny amount of overall plastic waste. >I estimate that a few percent of ocean plastics could result from trade from rich countries. A figure as high as 5% would not be unreasonable. https://ourworldindata.org/plastic-waste-trade https://ourworldindata.org/plastic-waste-trade
- sofixa 2y ago
  Not only. If you go to a developing country in Asia, more likely than not you'll see that locals have no issues throwing thrash everywhere in nature because they're not conscient of the problems it causes.
  - aziaziazi 2y ago
    True, but for now Asia is far from the biggest consumer. https://tappwater.co/blogs/blog/how-many-people-consume-bottled-water-globally#:~:text=The%20bottled%20water%20market%20globally,1%20million%20bottles%20per%20minute https://tappwater.co/blogs/blog/how-many-people-consume-bott.... https://www.statista.com/statistics/505794/cds-per-capita-consumption-in-worlds-top-ten-population-countries/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/505794/cds-per-capita-co...
    - sofixa 2y ago
      Considering that in some Asian countries the only way to acquire drinkable water is to buy it bottled, I'm somewhat doubtful of those "estimates".