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Re:The known unknowns of plastic pollution by alanbernstein on Monday December 24, 2018 @08:38AM (#18752055)
I couldn't get to the article, but I'm fairly certain there are lakes and/or rivers in the world that are thoroughly polluted with plastic debris?
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Re:The known unknowns of plastic pollution by nervousvarun on Monday December 24, 2018 @11:03AM (#18752696)
my point was when this happens (pollution in a river/lake), the legal jurisdiction is a little more black/white. by that i mean it's in one country or one state or one county or whatever so from a government perspective jurisdiction isn't hazy.

when it's 1000s of miles from any government in the ocean how does that work legally?

who makes the companies pay?

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