News Headline
Account For Nearly 80 Percent Of Plastic Carried Into Oceans: Study
Source
Firstpost
Publication Date
2021-05-05
A new study has found nearly 80 percent of the plastic pollution in the oceans come from 1,000 rivers around the world. While it was first thought that a handful of large continental rivers were the main culprits, contributing the most in terms of plastic emissions, a new model has shown a mix of small- and medium-sized rivers play the most significant role in polluting the oceans.