The map above shows a rather stunning fact, 95% of the plastic found in the ocean comes from just 10 rivers. The data comes from a 2017 research paper titled: Export of Plastic Debris by Rivers into the Sea.
Here’s the a table of the amount of pollution by river:
In order of the amount of pollution the rivers are:
- Yangtze River (Chang Jiang)
- Indus
- Yellow River (Huang He)
- Hai He
- Nile
- Meghna, Bramaputra, Ganges
- Pearl River (Zhujiang)
- Amur
- Niger
- Mekong
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Clemens Ratte-Polle says
uh! ah! dont tell this truth to all.
the deniers of climate change and green economy will missuse this unconveniant fact to also burn our yet existing conservation laws and rules…
Whataboutism!
The West has to show the world how to change the economy.
The West lets produce cheap gadgets in Asia.
Nature does not cost a penny ….