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Re:Monitoring marine litter from space is now a reality by mulmen on Wednesday June 19, 2024 @07:36AM (#40727261)
There are efforts to reduce the production of waste and to eliminate ocean dumping. There are thousands of such efforts. Don’t let perfect be the enemy of good.

> Maybe I’m being too cynical?

Yes. What’s the point in spreading negative falsehoods?

Re:Monitoring marine litter from space is now a reality by sandworm101 on Wednesday June 19, 2024 @09:40AM (#40728205)
>> to reduce the production of waste and to eliminate ocean dumping.

>> Don’t let perfect be the enemy of good.

We need to stop conflating problems. Production of waste is different than disposal of waste. Reducing the volume of waste by a few percentage here and there isn't an efficient use of energies. Rather than teach developing countries to reduce/recycle, we need to get them to landfill garbage rather than dump it into rivers. That should be the focus.

Re:Monitoring marine litter from space is now a reality by dylan604 on Wednesday June 19, 2024 @10:31AM (#40728672)
So you build a landfill. How do you get the collected waste to the landfill? How do you do collections? Then of course, there's the training/habit breaking to use the new collection system.

I'm not stating this as a reason not to, but a realistic look on the logistics. It's a multi-generational solution, not a quick one in the least. So we should start now, not tomorrow