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Cleanup Group Says It's on Track to Eliminate the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (futurism.com)

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[–] EmoDuck@sh.itjust.works 26 points 2 months ago (1 children)

[...] the next you see whole rivers covered in plastic waste flowing out into the ocean from certain countries.

Which is why they're working on exactly that

[–] ArcaneGadget@lemmy.world -2 points 2 months ago

Same issue though; it shouldn't end up in the rivers either. The rivers were just an example in relation to the ocean patches specifically. Plastics shouldn't end up in the environment at all. Catching it a step earlier, is still treating the symptom instead of the cause.