Asian Countries Biggest Ocean Polluters of the World

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

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Compare to

  • US - 0.110 Million ton

https://www.forbes.com/sites/hannahleung/2018/04/21/five-asian-countries-dump-more-plastic-than-anyone-else-combined-how-you-can-help/

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

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