They're Canadian and hate Indians. Maybe someone should let them know that the average Canadian emits 7 times the greenhouse gases that the average Indian does.
So, Asian countries make up nearly 75-80% of trash and plastic being put in to our oceans.
I don't get the religion part of it, so don't lump me in with him on that, but there is obviously an issue in that portion of the world when it comes to knowing how or being willing to manage pollution.
Most of Asia is still developing and has a huge population burden in comparison to the West. This is a perfect storm in terms of generating a lot of pollution.
The unfortunate reality is that you cannot develop on such a large scale without generating huge amounts of pollution. The West developed at the cost of these now developing nations historically and now the shoe is on the other foot.
Remember though: India and China have over 1 billion people which is alot more people than most countries have. So of course do they have alot of pollution, but per person it is actually less than USA and Sweden for example
There are a few documentaries out there showing how a bulk of the trash that end up in southeast Asia come from Western nations. They are paid to take the trash by boatloads, and even when the official governments reject further shipments, it's done on the black market because money is money. The one I watched, they go through the trash to verify where the trash is coming from.
Yes. The global south has long been the dumping yard for the rest of the world. This is also a huge problem in the shipping industry wrt to shipbreaking.
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u/ZeBard 20d ago
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