Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 个月前TIL Cigarette butts are the most common form of plastic pollutionwww.earthday.orgexternal-linkmessage-square131linkfedilinkarrow-up1766arrow-down113file-text
arrow-up1753arrow-down1external-linkTIL Cigarette butts are the most common form of plastic pollutionwww.earthday.orgFlying Squid@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 个月前message-square131linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareMojave@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·10 个月前I thought so too, and maybe they are using a different metric in this article, but I couldn’t tell you since their source URL is a deadline… https://www.surfrider.org/programs/beach-cleanups
minus-squareLifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·10 个月前I also remember Coke, Pepsi, and Nestle being claimed as the highest plastic polluters as well.
minus-squaretechnocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·edit-210 个月前This article is quite likely fake news. The first paper cited only says they’re the most common pollution on beaches. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0013935119300787
minus-squarekablammy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 个月前The metric is also “count”, not volume/mass, so not a very useful metric at all.
I thought so too, and maybe they are using a different metric in this article, but I couldn’t tell you since their source URL is a deadline…
https://www.surfrider.org/programs/beach-cleanups
I also remember Coke, Pepsi, and Nestle being claimed as the highest plastic polluters as well.
This article is quite likely fake news. The first paper cited only says they’re the most common pollution on beaches.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0013935119300787
The metric is also “count”, not volume/mass, so not a very useful metric at all.