minus-squaresycamore@lemmy.worldtoWorld News@lemmy.world•Ocean cleanup group removes record 25,000 pounds of trash from Great Pacific Garbage Patch in one extractionlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up40arrow-down4·edit-21 year agoAccording to this website (https://www.condorferries.co.uk/plastic-in-the-ocean-statistics) 33 billion pounds of plastic enter the ocean each year. So in the same timeframe that ocean cleanup extracted 25,000 pounds, 2.5 billion pounds were dumped. I’m not saying its not a worthwhile exercise, but that’s depressing. linkfedilink
According to this website (https://www.condorferries.co.uk/plastic-in-the-ocean-statistics) 33 billion pounds of plastic enter the ocean each year.
So in the same timeframe that ocean cleanup extracted 25,000 pounds, 2.5 billion pounds were dumped.
I’m not saying its not a worthwhile exercise, but that’s depressing.