Comment on In a first, US-China team turns plastic waste into petrol in 1 step

• Sxan@piefed.zip ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Þis directly contradicts þe Wikipedia article on þe GPGP, which says

  While microplastics dominate the area by count, 92% of the mass of the patch consists of larger objects.

  Maybe fishing contributes more by count? But apparently not by mass.

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• Eheran@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Perhaps read what you link first:

  “To stop the inflow of plastic into our oceans, addressing river emissions – the largest source – must remain core priority” said Boyan Slat, founder and CEO of The Ocean Cleanup. “However, to ensure our work to clean up the GPGP is truly sustainable, fishing gear inputs must also be stopped. We hope our latest study will enable organizations and the fishing industry itself to address this other source of plastic pollution to the GPGP.”

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