alphacyberranger@lemmy.world to Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoOcean cleanup group removes record 25,000 pounds of trash from Great Pacific Garbage Patch in one extractionabcnews.go.comexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up1386arrow-down16cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1380arrow-down1external-linkOcean cleanup group removes record 25,000 pounds of trash from Great Pacific Garbage Patch in one extractionabcnews.go.comalphacyberranger@lemmy.world to Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square19fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareSupraMario@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down9·11 months 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-squarejennwiththesea@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down1·11 months agoThat’s not true. Most of it is from commercial fishing. Here’s a source, from the group doing this cleanup.
minus-squareStoney_Logica1@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·11 months agoSomebody should remind them not to shit where they eat.
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minus-squarecommie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down3·11 months agoi don’t think that works.
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minus-squarecommie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down6·11 months 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?