Re:Just bury your trash: What if everything we know about re...
by tomjakubowski on Friday September 04, 2026 @12:49AM
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Worth noting that according to the data in that article, India is below the world average on a per capita basis, roughly 0.7x the world average. The Philippines is 25x the world average per capita.
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Re:Just bury your trash: What if everything we know about re...
by ch4s3 on Friday September 04, 2026 @09:59AM
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I almost think the per-capita lens is less useful here, because the issue isn't consumption/use per se but the state capacity to collect trash and dispose of it properly. I also suspect that within India the majority of people produce little to no plastic trash that enters the ocean.