Look at these numbers of plastic waste and the millions of tons of plastic waste from the Asian countries ending up in the oceans. Staggering!
https://www.statista.com/chart/12211/the-countries-polluting-the-oceans-the-most/
- China - 3.530 Million ton
- Indonesia - 1.290 Million ton
- Phillipines - 0.750 Million ton
- Vietnam - 0.730 Million ton
- Sri Lanka - 0.640 Million ton
- Thailand - 0.410 Million ton
- Malaysia - 0.370 Million ton
- Bangladesh - 0.310 Million ton
Compare to
- US - 0.110 Million ton
The Yangtze deposits 55% of all river marine plastic pollution
https://www.verdict.co.uk/yangtze-river-plastic-pollution/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4970214/95-plastic-oceans-comes-just-TEN-rivers.html