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2024-09-21 17:30:25 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: C76C1823A9EFA2C5C6F808CEAE72640B2782856588B9E84AD164DA05D4A343EE
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Less than 0.5 percent of 400 million tonnes of Plastic produced ends up as waste in the oceans. https://theoceancleanup.com/ocean-plastic-pollution-explained/ Top ten Plastic Polluter Co's & Countries can be found here. https://www.aquablu.com/stories/world-8217-s-biggest-plastic-polluters. a 2017 study had 90% from 10 rivers, 8 in Asia. Distributions can be found here. https://ourworldindata.org/ocean-plastics EU rules on the export of plastic https://environment.ec.europa.eu/topics/waste-and-recycling/waste-shipments/plastic-waste-shipments_en
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