New report states most Oceanic plastic pollution is from the fishing industry
From the report “Human-derived plastic pollution was found on the most remote and pristine coral reefs, such as those adjacent to uninhabited islands in the central Pacific. Of the total debris, 88% was macroplastics larger than five centimetres. Although some of this was consumer debris, such as water bottles and food wrappers (often the main source of plastic pollution in other ecosystems), nearly three-quarters of all plastic items documented on the surveyed reefs were related to fishing, including ropes, nets, and fishing lines.”
Goes Foundation response;
I am not sure if I believe that most plastic is from the fishing industry, I think it may be that most plastic from other sources has just degraded to micro and nano plastic and become invisible, but millions of times more toxic. The stability of plastic is a function of colour and UV stabilisers, see our earlier post for an explanation; https://lnkd.in/gTERZEST
Bioclimatic climate change; https://lnkd.in/ev6_2cXN
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