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IS MAKING OCEAN LITTER WORSE
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Most of the plastic waste comes from just a few countries, mostly in Asia and Africa.
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25% is “leakage” from Asian waste management processes — the rest is waste that has never been collected, but is simply thrown into rivers.
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But European countries ship inject huge quantities of waste into Asian waste management streams, ostensibly for recycling. As much as 20% — millions of tons every year — ends up in the oceans and will continue to do so.
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Since the Chinese banned waste imports at the start of the year, shipments have been diverted to other Asian countries with even weaker environmental controls (Figure 1).
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EU recycling is therefore a major contributor to marine waste and increasing recycling will therefore simply increase marine litter.
Oddly enough...I don't notice a whole lot of litter where I live. We tend to pick up after ourselves. I dunno where the trash goes after that. Possibly to a government approved facility. If there's a problem then it's a problem caused by government.
- the EU is trying to redouble recycling efforts and to close down the incineration route, mistakenly believing that this will reduce carbon emissions.
.......in other news..........
A shortage of bottled pollution means Brits face beer, coke, bacon shortage
What goes around...comes around.