 Ok boys move the plastic ban where it belongs – rather than Butte Montana.
China responsible for 1/3 of world’s plastic which pollutes the oceans.
Shocking report reveals that 95% of plastic polluting the world’s oceans comes from just TEN rivers including the Ganges and Niger.
- Scientists analysed data on plastic from 79 sampling sites along 57 rivers
- Their results showed that 10 rivers account for the majority of plasticÂ
- Eight of these are in Asia, including the Yangtze and Indus rivers
- Targeting these rivers could halve the amount of plastic waste, experts predict
More than half of the plastic waste that flows into the oceans comes from just five countries: China, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam and Sri Lanka.
The only industrialized western country on the list of top 20 plastic polluters is the United States at No. 20.
The U.S. and Europe are not mismanaging their collected waste, so the plastic trash coming from those countries is due to litter, researchers said.
China is responsible for 28%, the U.S. for only 1 percent.  While China is responsible for 2.4 million tons of plastic that makes its way into the ocean, nearly 28 percent of the world total, the United States contributes just 77,000 tons, which is less than one percent, according to the study published in the journal Science.
THE 10 MOST POLLUTING RIVERS
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