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the Asian continent was in 2015 the leading generating region of plastic waste with 82 Mt, followed by Europe (31 Mt) and Northern America (29 Mt). Latin America (including the Caribbean) and Africa each produced 19 Mt of plastic waste while Oceania generated about 0.9 Mt.
The 10 top-ranked rivers transport 88–95% of the global load into the sea
It turns out that about 90 percent of all the plastic that reaches the world's oceans gets flushed through just 10 rivers: The Yangtze, the Indus, Yellow River, Hai River, the Nile, the Ganges, Pearl River, Amur River, the Niger, and the Mekong (in that order).
China, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam are dumping more plastic into oceans than the rest of the world combined, according to a 2017 report by Ocean Conservancy
The 10 top-ranked rivers transport 88–95% of the global load into the sea
The 10 top-ranked rivers transport 88–95% of the global load into the sea
An estimated 8 million metric tons (MMT) of plastic waste enter the world's ocean each year
The 10 top-ranked rivers transport 88–95% of the global load into the sea
China, the world's biggest consumer of single-use plastics.
Most of the plastic that enters the oceans from land comes from rivers in Asia. More than 80% of it [...] a few percent – possibly up to 5% – of the world's ocean plastics could come from rich countries exporting their waste overseas
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)the Asian continent was in 2015 the leading generating region of plastic waste with 82 Mt, followed by Europe (31 Mt) and Northern America (29 Mt). Latin America (including the Caribbean) and Africa each produced 19 Mt of plastic waste while Oceania generated about 0.9 Mt.