Wave After Wave of Garbage Hits the Dominican Republic
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Re: Wave After Wave of Garbage Hits the Dominican Republic
#2Most probably created in China, used on the West then dumped in the sea...
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#4I'm curious. Quotes from the article:
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“It happens pretty much all the time if there is a strong rainfall or a storm,”
The phenomenon is not confined to the Dominican Republic, he said, and can be seen in many developing nations with a coastline. “Everybody uses the rivers and the beaches as dump sites.” --
So we're being told that ocean's plastic garbage patch is somehow made out of the contents of landfills around the globe (and western countries) making it into the ocean with rain water. To anyone who has seen a landfill in real life that looks wildly improbable, except for a very minuscule amount of material.
I feel like developing countries using ocean as a waste dump is much more likely to be the true cause of the garbage patch.
Re: Wave After Wave of Garbage Hits the Dominican Republic
#5Most probably created in China, used on the West then dumped in the sea...
Most of that garbage is usually from locales which lack a recyling infrastructure as well as a recycling culture. If you read the article they mention locals use beaches and streams as personal dumping grounds. So if by west you mean from the local west indies, you’re right.
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#6Most probably created in China, used on the West then dumped in the sea...
It says in the article it's from the Ozama river which is a local river that runs into the sea nearby.
Re: Wave After Wave of Garbage Hits the Dominican Republic
#7The article title and introduction is pretty misleading, as only halfway the article it is revealed that "the plastic waste washing onto Montesinos Beach comes from the Ozama River". So while this is obviously an example of plastic reaching the ocean to form a garbage patch, the article's examples of beaches filled with plastic are not a result of the patches reaching the shore again.
Re: Wave After Wave of Garbage Hits the Dominican Republic
#8I'm curious. Quotes from the article: -- “It happens pretty much all the time if there is a strong rainfall or a storm,” The phenomenon is not confined to the Dominican Republic, he said, and can be seen in many developing nations with a coastline. “Everybody uses the rivers and the beaches as dump sites.” -- So we're being told that ocean's plastic garbage patch is somehow made out of the contents of landfills aroun…
86% of the oceans plastic comes from Asia[1].
Re: Wave After Wave of Garbage Hits the Dominican Republic
#9I'm curious. Quotes from the article: -- “It happens pretty much all the time if there is a strong rainfall or a storm,” The phenomenon is not confined to the Dominican Republic, he said, and can be seen in many developing nations with a coastline. “Everybody uses the rivers and the beaches as dump sites.” -- So we're being told that ocean's plastic garbage patch is somehow made out of the contents of landfills aroun…
There was a recent study which has been circulating. Most (90%) of the plastics in the ocean that are not related to fishing equipment come from 8 rivers in Asia and then the Nile and Niger rivers in Africa. Mostly due to poor or unregulated waste disposal infrastructures.
Re: Wave After Wave of Garbage Hits the Dominican Republic
#10I'm curious. Quotes from the article: -- “It happens pretty much all the time if there is a strong rainfall or a storm,” The phenomenon is not confined to the Dominican Republic, he said, and can be seen in many developing nations with a coastline. “Everybody uses the rivers and the beaches as dump sites.” -- So we're being told that ocean's plastic garbage patch is somehow made out of the contents of landfills aroun…
God forbid I use a straw, though.