Re:Big Tobacco knew radioactive Po210 in cigarettes posed ca...
by myshpa on Saturday July 29, 2023 @07:11PM
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> Weird. This source[1] claims that the majority of ocean plastic pollution is from fishing equipment
You're right. One is plastic on the beaches in the US, the second is great pacific garbage patch.
> Both of these are methodologically flawed because they only sample litter that can be identified.
They don't mask that (from the first article):
"The annual audit, undertaken by 15,000 volunteers around the world, identifies the largest number of plastic products from global brands found in the highest number of countries. This year they collected 346,494 pieces of plastic waste, 63% of which was marked clearly with a consumer brand."
It's flawed and not complete, but it's data. We don't have better data yet, AFAIK.
Weird. This source[1] claims that the majority of ocean plastic pollution is from fishing equipment.
>https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/dec/07/coca-col...
>Companies accused of “zero progress” on reducing plastic waste, with Coca-Cola ranked No 1 for most littered products
>https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/aug/11/coca-cola-m...
Both of these are methodologically flawed because they only sample litter that can be identified. Plastic bottles are readily identifiable and can be attributed to a company. The same can't be said for tires or cigarette butts.
[1] https://ourworldindata.org/uploads/2018/08/Great-Pacific-Gar...