10 rivers may deliver bulk of ocean plastic

10 rivers may deliver bulk of ocean plastic

Posted by on Oct 16, 2017 @ 12:46 pm in Conservation | 0 comments | Last modified: October 16, 2017

Earth’s oceans have a big plastic problem. They receive roughly 8 million metric tons of plastic waste every year, much of which can drift around for decades or centuries without truly decomposing. Instead, it just crumbles into smaller pieces known as microplastics, which often fatally trick marine wildlife into eating them. Some ocean plastic is discarded...

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