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by nomaxx117 5y ago
I've been reading up on this stuff for a while. Most of the waste is actually single use plastics from products consumed in the emitting countries, that are disposed of improperly. For example, the Philippines has an issue with sachets
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by nomaxx117 5y ago
Yeah, SUP bans don't do anything for the ocean. Investment in waste management solutions in low and middle income countries is far better for the environment, but most politicians are not terribly well informed.
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by nomaxx117 5y ago
It could have some small connection, but I would probably guess (based of of general trends) that it has to do with some regions or cities not yet having adequate waste disposal systems.
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by nomaxx117 5y ago
The map interactive does provide that information if you roll over the countries.
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by nomaxx117 5y ago
As the article discusses, the main contributing factor is a lack of effective waste disposal systems, almost entirely in low and middle income countries. The US, for example contributes .25% of global ocean plastic emissions (not the 4.5% f
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by nomaxx117 5y ago
We do not have a 4.5% contribution, most of the NA contribution (as shown in the linked data) comes from Central America and the Caribbean. We contribute .25%.
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by nomaxx117 5y ago
So, there is some interesting data on this in the data. Most of the North American waste comes from central America and the Carribean. The US and Canada combined are responsible for .27% of global plastic emission. Guatamala emits .73%, Pan
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by nomaxx117 5y ago
The massive concentration in the Philippines is one of the most interesting takeaways here. I ended up poking around for more details on this, and it looks like the causes relate to, among other things, a lack of proper waste disposal and a
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by nomaxx117 5y ago
True, there are some things Western countries can do. Policies that aim to subsidize or assist with the development of effective waste disposal in such countries would have a major impact.
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Where does the plastic in oceans come from?(ourworldindata.org)
222 points by nomaxx117 5y ago|180 comments
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Most of the plastic in the oceans comes from Asia, with over a third of the world's plastic emitted coming from the Philippines. Any policy changes in the U.S or Europe that seek to reduce domestic plastic usage are unlikely to have a
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by nomaxx117 5y ago
I'm thinking about making my own Lisp focused on scripting together C ABI libraries, possibly out of nostalgia.
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by nomaxx117 5y ago
I don't know why, but this kinda reminds me of an art installation. A dystopian one maybe...
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by nomaxx117 5y ago
Coroutines are present at the language and runtime level. Most languages with coroutines have runtimes baked in that handle them behind the scenes (think of JS), but some (like Rust) require you to provide your own. Async executors are quit
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by nomaxx117 5y ago
WASM has far more potential for serverless usage than it does in the browser. I think Cloudflare's Workers are a good example of where things might be going with the tech, but there is room for a lot more. I would love to see something