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I'm skeptical that that many of them are getting into the ocean. I wonder if it would be more effective to put a UUID on them and tell the public that if one of
by i88y6 8y ago
I'm skeptical that that many of them are getting into the ocean. I wonder if it would be more effective to put a UUID on them and tell the public that if one of these is found in the ocean a full investigation will be launched. Not just for reprisal, but to develop "user stories" about how this shit gets into the ocean. If they determine that you dumped it , then you get fined to pay for 10^5 lbs of trash to be removed from the sea. If there's even a little FUD of getting caught (via UUID) I think it would result in a huge reduction in littering.
- deegles 8y agoThat would require government regulation and unfortunately the current political climate appears to be very much against that. (apologies for bringing up politics)
- mcculley 8y agoWhy apologize? Politics is inextricably intertwined in how we address problems in our world and our communities. The admonishment to avoid talking about politics is silly, in my opinion. It only serves to keep people from solving problems.
- i88y6 8y agoPeople have had enough of this trope. Both parties are the same. Trump us not an intelligent man, but that's a feature, not a bug. He's the shakeup that our broken 2-party system needs. Someone who doesn't act according to the official corporate-sponsored narrative. And the "anything is possible" realisation that may spur non-fake candidates to run for office and actually do something. Also worth noting: he's been in office approaching 2 years and the sky hasn't fallen. Maybe there is something to this derangement theory? (Obligatory non-apology for "bringing politics into this")
- BurningFrog 8y agoThe plastic in the oceans is overwhelmingly from the unsorted trash of east Asia. Europe and North America contribute very small amounts. https://reason.com/blog/2018/04/22/earth-day-and-the-plastics-pollution-pro https://reason.com/blog/2018/04/22/earth-day-and-the-plastic...
- 8note 8y agohow does that combine with the world's trash being shipped to East Asia to be dealt with? is it actually Asian consumers creating the waste, or is it American trash being thrown in Chinese rivers?
- bodas 8y agoIt's Asian consumers. People throw their trash in the river then it floats out to sea.
- dragonsky67 8y agoYeah,them Asians, no true American would ever litter...
- gsich 8y agoBased on their source above: Way less then Asians.
- malloryerik 8y agoNot sure which Asians you're taking about. Certainly not Japanese, Koreans, Taiwanese, for example, whose cities are generally cleaner than Western counterparts. Asia is big...
- rorykoehler 8y agoPhilippines and India primarily.
- BurningFrog 8y agoFrom the article: > China is at the top of list of ocean plastic polluters, accounting for 28 percent the total amount of plastics thrown into the oceans each year. About 60 percent of plastics in the oceans are discarded by the fast growing East Asian economies of China, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, and Thailand.