The majority of plastic in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is discarded fishing gear.

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As an individual, how do we tackle this?

Already don't eat fish.

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u/Thecatswish Aug 12 '21

Unless we can stop China from destroying the seas with illegal fishing...

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u/i_hate_patrice Aug 12 '21

Only because we can't influence china doesn't mean that we can't make a difference

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u/Thecatswish Aug 12 '21 edited Aug 12 '21

It means that if we can't do that, nothing we can do can make a difference

Edit: Fine, fine, fine. If you really want to downvote I'll give you the most useful things you can do as an individual to save the planet: #1 Don't make any first world kids, #2 Don't eat meat.

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u/i_hate_patrice Aug 12 '21

That is simply not true. If we stop littering and overfishing, we can save so many different species that could go extinct if we do nothing. Sure, to stop climate change, we need china and other states to do something too. In the meantime, we could start saving our reefs and kelp forests.