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Re:Plastic-eating enzyme could eliminate billions of tons of... by therealdrag0 on Wednesday May 18, 2022 @05:31PM (#31427928)
Garbage is also a problem in the environment like plastics in oceans, but the problem is not enough (well run and used) land fills (in Asia) not too many!
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Re:Plastic-eating enzyme could eliminate billions of tons of... by RajT88 on Wednesday May 18, 2022 @09:34PM (#31429691)
50% of the plastic problem in the ocean is discarded fishing nets (generally accepted to be discarded from Asian fishing vessels).
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Re:Plastic-eating enzyme could eliminate billions of tons of... by justapassenger on Wednesday May 18, 2022 @11:44PM (#31430448)
Source?
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Re:Plastic-eating enzyme could eliminate billions of tons of... by doomrobo on Thursday May 19, 2022 @01:23AM (#31431075)
A more accurate claim: 46% of the mass of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is fishing nets.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-22939-w

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Re:Plastic-eating enzyme could eliminate billions of tons of... by justapassenger on Thursday May 19, 2022 @11:40AM (#31436143)
Plastic pollution of oceans is much much bigger problem than just pacific garbage patch.
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Re:Plastic-eating enzyme could eliminate billions of tons of... by azertykeys on Thursday May 19, 2022 @01:19AM (#31431054)
looks more like 10% [0]. but it depends on where in the ocean you're talking about - they float more easily than a lot of plastic, and so are caught the pacific gyre.

[0] https://www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/publication/ghost-gear-t...

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