Nonprofit environmental organization The Ocean Cleanup has announced that it can clear the Great Pacific Garbage Patch within a decade.
  • EmoDuckEnglish
    25·
    3 months ago

    […] the next you see whole rivers covered in plastic waste flowing out into the ocean from certain countries.

    Which is why they’re working on exactly that

    • ArcaneGadget@lemmy.worldEnglish
      35·
      3 months ago

      Same issue though; it shouldn’t end up in the rivers either. The rivers were just an example in relation to the ocean patches specifically. Plastics shouldn’t end up in the environment at all. Catching it a step earlier, is still treating the symptom instead of the cause.