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Re:Smart plastic incineration posited as solution to global ... by melling on Sunday August 18, 2019 @08:16PM (#20733838)
What groups dump plastic into waterways?

Isn’t they simply individuals throwing their trash into waterways and it makes it to the ocean?

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Re:Smart plastic incineration posited as solution to global ... by orev on Sunday August 18, 2019 @10:21PM (#20734403)
According to the mentioned podcast, the large garbage patches don’t just happen as a result of currents collecting random floaters into one spot; they come from countries like China just dumping whole barges out in the ocean.
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Re:Smart plastic incineration posited as solution to global ... by Mountain_Skies on Sunday August 18, 2019 @08:24PM (#20733872)
Apparently it was (and might still be) a solution to disposing of "recycling" that was sent to many poor nations for processing.
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