Tuesday, January 31, 2023

Chart of the day

Looks like Western countries are hardly to blame, except for their massive exports of plastic waste to developing countries!

Alert: Plastophobia is a serious disease. Please seek immediate medical attention! (Caution: satire)

"... One river alone, the Pasig in the Philippines, is responsible for 6.4 percent of the waste that enters the world’s oceans through rivers ...
After all, Europe in particular is literally exporting its plastic problem. In 2019 alone, the EU exported 1.5 million metric tons of plastic waste to developing countries, which are clearly overburdened with the task of recycling and recovering such masses. ..."


Source: Where to Go with the Mountains of Plastic?

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