alphacyberranger to Uplifting NewsEnglish • 1 year agoOcean cleanup group removes record 25,000 pounds of trash from Great Pacific Garbage Patch in one extractionabcnews.go.comexternal-linkmessage-square19arrow-up1386arrow-down16cross-posted to: world
arrow-up1380arrow-down1external-linkOcean cleanup group removes record 25,000 pounds of trash from Great Pacific Garbage Patch in one extractionabcnews.go.comalphacyberranger to Uplifting NewsEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square19cross-posted to: world
minus-square@SupraMariolinkEnglish-1•1 year agoThe root cause being a lot of underdeveloped countries just dump into rivers and streams. Which just float out to the oceans. We need world govs. To step in and fix the way they dispose of their trash. This is a good start though.
minus-square@jennwiththesealinkEnglish19•1 year agoThat’s not true. Most of it is from commercial fishing. Here’s a source, from the group doing this cleanup.
minus-square@Stoney_Logica1linkEnglish2•1 year agoSomebody should remind them not to shit where they eat.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish-4•1 year agoif the plastic is still accumulating, how are you helping?
The root cause being a lot of underdeveloped countries just dump into rivers and streams. Which just float out to the oceans. We need world govs. To step in and fix the way they dispose of their trash. This is a good start though.
That’s not true. Most of it is from commercial fishing. Here’s a source, from the group doing this cleanup.
Somebody should remind them not to shit where they eat.
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i don’t think that works.
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if the plastic is still accumulating, how are you helping?