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0 sats \ 7 replies \ @Cje95 10 Oct \ on: Plastic-Eating Bacteria Discovered in Urban Waterways science
This also highlights something that I have recently run across: some environmentalists are pushing back on cleaning up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. As confusing as it sounds there are unique ecosystems that have formed in this area and there is a concern of doing more damage to the environment trying to clean them up over leaving them be.
An idea gaining more momentum is to just try and prevent the plastic from entering the waterways with a focus on rivers since they are a huge source.
some environmentalists are pushing back on cleaning up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
That's interesting. Do you have some references on this that I could read up on?
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Of course they would push back. It is what keeps them going. If you were to remediate these kinds of problems, they would have less to bellyache about. You would be taking their rice bowl away.
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There is a pretty good Youtube video that triggered me looking into this more let me find it for you!
Here it is the comments start at the 2:25 point!
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Just watched it. Great video... almost deserving of its own post ;)
I guessed correctly before she said it that it's the oil-producing countries that are against reduction of plastic production... They have the money to lobby hard, so that's gonna be a difficult fight.
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Wishing you the best in passing it...