r/pics • u/lnfinity • Aug 12 '21
The majority of plastic in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is discarded fishing gear.
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The majority is microplastics. If it was fishing gear it wouldnt be that hard to take out.
3 u/i_hate_patrice Aug 12 '21 46% are fishing nets, the number would not be so high if you could take them out so easily https://www.onegreenplanet.org/news/ocean-plastic-made-discarded-fishing-nets/
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46% are fishing nets, the number would not be so high if you could take them out so easily https://www.onegreenplanet.org/news/ocean-plastic-made-discarded-fishing-nets/
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u/morbihann Aug 12 '21
The majority is microplastics. If it was fishing gear it wouldnt be that hard to take out.