TLDR:
• Less than 0.1% of ocean plastic is in the Garbage Patch
• Removing it from the Garbage Parch would cost $7.5 Billion
• It risks local species extinctions
Bottom line: Catching for plastic using fishing nets is a bad idea
We can do better
• Less than 0.1% of ocean plastic is in the Garbage Patch
• Removing it from the Garbage Parch would cost $7.5 Billion
• It risks local species extinctions
Bottom line: Catching for plastic using fishing nets is a bad idea
We can do better
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Rebecca R Helm
"CLEANING" THE OCEAN USING NETS IS A DANGEROUS IDEA.
The Ocean Cleanup is using boats & a net to collect ocean plastic (left). I've circles all the animals trapped in their early prototypes (right).
There are better ways to solve the ocean plastic problem... 🧵
#INC5 #PlasticsTreaty #PlasticTreaty
The Ocean Cleanup is using boats & a net to collect ocean plastic (left). I've circles all the animals trapped in their early prototypes (right).
There are better ways to solve the ocean plastic problem... 🧵
#INC5 #PlasticsTreaty #PlasticTreaty
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