By analyzing the waste found in the rivers and surrounding landscape, researchers were able to estimate that just 10 river systems carry 90% of the plastic that ends up in the ocean.Just a reminder for those folks that blame First World consumption for pollution...
Eight of them are in Asia: the Yangtze; Indus; Yellow; Hai He; Ganges; Pearl; Amur; Mekong; and two in Africa – the Nile and the Niger.
Tuesday, July 17, 2018
90% of plastic polluting our oceans comes from just 10 rivers
World Economic Forum reports: