The world dumps 2,000 truckloads of plastic into the ocean each day.

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The world dumps 2,000 truckloads of plastic into the ocean each day. Here’s where a lot of it ends up

EARTH DAY

Photographs and video by Edu Ponces/RUIDO Photo
Story by Angela Dewan, CNN
Published April 22, 2024

The western coast of Java in Indonesia is popular with surfers for its world-famous breaks. There’s a majestic underwater world to explore, too. But it’s impossible to surf or snorkel without running into plastic water bottles, single-use cups and food wrappers.

The garbage sometimes forms islands in the sea, and much of it washes ashore, accumulating as mountains on the beach.

The world produces around 400 million metric tons of plastic waste each year. Every day, 2,000 truckloads of it is dumped into the ocean, rivers and lakes.

https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2024/04/climate/plastic-pollution-ocean-cnnphotos/

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1. Philippines and SE Asia are fucked up

https://ourworldindata.org/ocean-plastics
https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/heres-where-oceans-trash-comes

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2. Yes, many bad actors. It is heartbreaking and infuriating.

In 2018 the Plastic Pollution Coalition reported that the United States had exported 157 thousand shipping containers filled with plastic waste, this was equivalent to approximately 1.07 million kg of plastic.

https://www.euronews.com/green/2021/06/22/ranked-the-top-10-countries-that-dump-the-most-plastic-into-the-ocean

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3. Anything for a buck

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4. Dumping in the river, Ecuador, 2009.

https://www.elcomercio.com/tendencias/video-contaminacion-rio-amarillo-ecuador.html

https://imgur.com/gallery/rRPw2Wg

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5. Oh wow, my heart just sank.

Thank you for the links.