Re:Seagrass 'Neptune balls’ sieve millions of plastic partic...
by dd_roger on Saturday January 16, 2021 @09:07AM
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> However the majority of the plastic coming out of these countries is because of goods destined for western countries.
Citation needed.
Re:Seagrass 'Neptune balls’ sieve millions of plastic partic...
by animal_spirits on Saturday January 16, 2021 @10:01AM
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This is an anecdote but almost every small plastic thing I can buy in a Walmart here in the States was manufactured in China
Re:Seagrass 'Neptune balls’ sieve millions of plastic partic...
by imtringued on Monday January 18, 2021 @02:21AM
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If you throw away the plastic in North America how does it get into Chinese rivers?
Indus --- China, India [2], Pakistan [3]
Yellow --- China
Hai He --- China
Ganges --- India, Bangladesh [4]
Pearl --- China, Tiny bit in Vietnam [5]
Amur --- China, Russia [6]
Mekong --- China, Myanmar [7], Laos [8], Thailand [9], Cambodia [10], Vietnam [11]
Nile --- Egypt [12], Sudan [13], South Sudan [14], Ethiopia [15], Uganda [16], Congo [17], Kenya [18], Tanzania [19], Rwanda [20], Burundi [21]
Niger --- Benin [22], Guinea [23], Mali [24], Niger [25], Nigeria [26]
So 26 countries, with China clearly the worst.
However the majority of the plastic coming out of these countries is because of goods destined for western countries. Import tax based on Oceanic plastic emissions, with money used to clean up oceans, is the solution. This funds ocean cleanup, encourages better disposal, and puts the cost on the person driving it (the consumer)
Like CO2, plastic in the ocean is an externality that the world pays for, but doesn't benefit from.