Bloomberg Opinion on X: The main culprit of plastic pollution? Commercial fishing gear. At least 46 percent of the plastic in the garbage patch comes from a single product: fishing nets
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Fishing crews to blame for much of the plastic in the world's oceans, Greenpeace says
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Dumped Fishing Gear Is The Biggest Plastic Polluter In The Ocean
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Can a Global Plastic Treaty Stop the World From Choking on Pollution? - Bloomberg
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85% of the rubbish at some parts of the oceans is fishing gear
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Dumped fishing gear is biggest plastic polluter in ocean, finds report, Pollution
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Dumped fishing gear is biggest plastic polluter in ocean, finds report, Pollution
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460,000 miles of fishing line and 14 billion hooks: how much fishing gear is lost at sea each year • Alaska Beacon
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Turning the Tide: How Can Indonesia CLOSE THE LOOP on Plastic Waste? by wilsoncenter.org - Issuu
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Industrialised fishing nations largely contribute to floating plastic pollution in the North Pacific subtropical gyre
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What to Know About the Petrochemical Industry: Q&A - Moms Clean Air Force
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The Glut of Plastic Polluting the World's Oceans Is Growing Fast - Bloomberg
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Plastic Straws Aren't the Problem - Bloomberg
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The Glut of Plastic Polluting the World's Oceans Is Growing Fast - Bloomberg
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Durable plastic pollution easily, cleanly degrades with new catalyst – Weinberg College News