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Great Pacific Garbage Patch could be eliminated in 10 years (www.latimes.com)

submitted 1 month ago by Midnight to c/tidalpunk

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[–] keepthepace 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

IIRC plastic waste in the ocean have a half life of about one year. In that case it mostly means that in a year, half of the waste are going to end up on a shore. Stop adding plastic and the patch will shrink x1024 in 10 years.

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