Yes Nigel. Poor countries do dispose all garbage into the sea. See Haiti, which has a system of stocking drainage ditches with garbage, then next rain fixes the problem The collection is made and then dispursed into the sea. Lennart
On Sat, May 26, 2018, 04:40 Nigel Dyer <[email protected]> wrote: > There have been some studies about this, covered in a recent Scientific > American article > > > https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/world-s-oceans-clogged-by-millions-of-tons-of-plastic-trash/ > > Most of the plastic in the oceans comes from rivers in Asia and Africa. > The problem is that there is often no organised waste collection in > these countries so the plastic just gets dumped into the rivers. We can > burn or dissolve all the plastic we like in the west and it will not fix > the problem. Fixing it requires a change in the culture of collecting > waste in a number of Asian and African countries. > > Nigel > > On 26/05/2018 01:54, [email protected] wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Plastic bags are made primarily of hydrocarbons. > > > > 1. Dissolved in a solvent, they might make a useful diesel fuel. > > 2. Bundled and compressed the bags might be burned instead of coal. > > 3. Added to a blast furnace, they could replace, or augment coal. > > 4. Subjected to pyrolysis, they might yield lighter hydrocarbons > that > > could be used in the chemical industry. > > > > All of these options are better than them swimming around in the ocean. > > > > Regards, > > > > > > Robin van Spaandonk > > > > local asymmetry = temporary success > > > > > >
