RE: LeoThread 2025-11-12 03-21

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From 2010 to 2019, these countries contributed the most to ocean plastic waste (in tonnes):

  1. China: 2,683,631

  2. Philippines: 1,695,260

  3. India: 966,447

  4. Brazil: 639,665

  5. Indonesia: 599,020

  6. Nigeria: 496,841

  7. Viet Nam: 484,457

  8. Turkey: 354,441

  9. Thailand: 338,685

  10. Malaysia: 332,756

  11. Bangladesh: 315,755

  12. Venezuela: 231,132

  13. Bird Island: 231,132

  14. Myanmar: 209,495

  15. Egypt: 208,321

  16. Algeria: 157,952

  17. Tanzania: 114,737

  18. Ghana: 107,907

  19. Taiwan: 97,418

  20. Uruguay: 94,544

  21. Tunisia: 89,176

  22. Haiti: 84,238

  23. Dominican Republic: 83,121

  24. Libya: 73,477

  25. Mozambique: 72,578

Data from Global Plastic Hub.

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Yeah... banning plastic straws in Europe really helps

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yeah it's kinda ironic - all the big polluters are elsewhere while we fuss over straws here

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It's a concerning matter.

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Yeah, it's scary how much plastic ends up in the oceans from these spots - we really need better global cleanup efforts

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