Re:Food Delivery Apps Are Drowning China in Plastic
by zaptheimpaler on Wednesday May 29, 2019 @01:55AM
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China imported half the worlds plastic waste until 2017. No one in the west who sells it to them has any illusions about where it goes.. since China placed an import ban on it, undoubtedly they will sell it to someone else who does the same thing or pollute the water themselves. Its awfully convenient to pay someone else to do the dirty work and then turn your nose up at them.
China has at least 3-6 of 10 rivers that carry 90% of plastic polluting the Oceans.
https://news.sky.com/story/just-10-rivers-carry-90-of-plasti...
From the article:
Yangtze River, China
This was the worst offender, according to research published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology. It carries up to 1.5 million tonnes of plastic into the sea every year. In contrast, the Thames puts 18 tonnes of plastic into the ocean.
Yellow River, China
After the Yangtze and the Yenisei, this is the third-longest river in Asia - and the sixth-longest river system in the world. It flows through nine provinces before emptying into the Bohai Sea.
Hai he River, China
This waterway connects Beijing to Tianjin and the Bohai Sea. Its annual flow is only one-thirtieth the Yangtze's, and half that of the Yellow River.
Out of control......