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[deleted] t1_jbv9r9r wrote

Top 10 Countries that Release the Most Plastic into the Ocean (tons 2021):
Philippines — 356,371.
India — 126,513.
Malaysia — 73,098.
China — 70,707.
Indonesia — 56,333.
Brazil — 37,799.
Vietnam — 28,221.
Bangladesh — 24,640.

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BoggedDownRN t1_jbvle54 wrote

That is actually quite interesting, surprised the US isnt in the top 10...

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Groovychick1978 t1_jbvna2u wrote

We ship it there first.

"Due to the environmental risks and economic benefits, global plastic waste trade flows from high-income countries to low-income countries have become a routine since the late 1990s."

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-20741-9

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BoggedDownRN t1_jbvugjf wrote

Makes sense now...I wonder if the US would be first on the list should they stop shipping these plastics...

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tlst9999 t1_jbw7vjv wrote

The US outsources those trash to these top 10 countries. The Philippines, being 10% of China's population, produces 5 times more plastic waste according to these stats.

For every plastic bottle wasted a day by a Chinese citizen, a Filipino has to waste 50 bottles to reach those numbers.

That's unrealistic.

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weeBaaDoo t1_jbwpnqp wrote

That’s not a correct deduction you made. The numbers are correct.

The reason is: 1: The Philippines import waste from other countries to recycle it, but they don’t recycle it. 2: The Philippines don’t recycle as much as china. 3: The Philippines more actively use the ocean as a dumping ground for waste.

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tlst9999 t1_jbx5u3n wrote

>The Philippines import waste from other countries to recycle it, but they don’t recycle it.

Other countries know that, and they still send it to Philippines anyway. They don't want recycling. They want a fall guy.

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Commercial_Sell_4673 t1_jbw8q7d wrote

Im not surprised. We have pretty good waste management systems. Almost all of our trash ends up in landfills where it is compacted and covered each day. This prevents it from get into the ocean. However, many 3rd world countries have open dump sites instead of landfills. This allows the waste to wash into rivers and deposit into the ocean. Here is a video showing the magnitude of these open dump sites in some of these countries. From this it is easy to see just how much trash can wash into the ocean.

https://youtu.be/KHiHBuubsDE

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Awkward_moments t1_jbwy7oq wrote

Go to any of those countries.

Streets and rivers are covered in plastic.

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bplturner t1_jbw2ijp wrote

It may shock you that the US isn’t the worst at all bad things.

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Rudhelm t1_jbwycon wrote

It is, because they export their plastic waste to the Phillipines.

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too-legit-to-quit t1_jbwh54d wrote

All the countries that the biggest consumers of plastic pay to take their plastic garbage and put it...in the oceans.

"How was I supposed to foresee that happening?"

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