Plastic Micro-Particle Patch Bigger Than Mexico Found in Pacific

Re:Plastic Micro-Particle Patch Bigger Than Mexico Found in ... by soperj on Monday July 31, 2017 @05:04PM (#14895888)

Victoria BC actually pipes all sewage right out to sea currently. So anything w/ micro plastic beads gets sent right into the ocean. This is also the case with the storm drainage system, so anything left on the road also right into the ocean.

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Re:Plastic Micro-Particle Patch Bigger Than Mexico Found in ... by irrational on Monday July 31, 2017 @05:20PM (#14895991)

Source? That's crazy if true. I assumed only poor 3rd world countries still did stupid stuff like that.

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Re:Plastic Micro-Particle Patch Bigger Than Mexico Found in ... by soperj on Monday July 31, 2017 @06:13PM (#14896339)

https://thetyee.ca/News/2015/01/26/Victoria-Raw-Sewage-Dumpi...

There's one for you. People here actively protest against building a tertiary system for tax reasons and because they think they don't need it (there's actually a lot of people who even think that it's less environmentally friendly to have it dealt with on land). It's been an on going debate for over 30 years.

These people also see themselves as "green".

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