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Rivers polluting sea with plastic mostly from Asia
Up to 95 per cent of the plastic polluting the world's oceans comes from just 10 rivers, including the Ganges, new research has found. While eight of these 10 river systems are in Asia, two are in Africa. The findings published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology showed that large rivers play a particularly large role - not only because they also carry a comparatively large volume of waste on account of their larger discharge.
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