Ocean Clean-Up Removes 103 Tons of Trash from the Pacific

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[–]SaidOverRed 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

And no one will blame China (and Indochina, India, indonesia, etc) for their massive dumping habits. The US literally gives China money to "take" the trash when they ship back their empty cargo containers that used to have cheaply made products for Americans. And then the Chinese simply dump it into the ocean so they don't have to pay to bury it. Problem solved, right?

[–]wahala[S] 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

While China is a disgusting polluter, they did stop taking waste in 2017. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_waste_import_ban Not sure on the other countries, really.

[–]SaidOverRed 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I was actually aware of that, but I won't edit the ambiguous mood of my response, since you deserve credit for linking the article.

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

China dosent dump our trash in the ocean though. They dump in on land.

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Not true. There was a big scandal when a Seattle or was it Washington recycling company pretended to take electronic waste like tvs and monitors when in fact they were shipping it over to a Hong Kong company to dismantle. That and the fact that they didn't inform the people working in HK that dismantling by hand was dangerous, there was mercury or something that could cause long term health effects.