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Slat: 1% of rivers produce roughly 80% of global river plastic emissions
“And what we found is that just one percent of the world's rivers do, you know, roughly 80% of all the plastic emissions. So it's very concentrated, and mostly in, indeed, these, you know, big coastal cities in, in middle-income countries.”
Slat: Ocean Cleanup sweeps a football field of ocean every five seconds
“It sweeps an area of ocean clean the size of a football field every five seconds.”
Slat: Great Pacific Garbage Patch holds roughly 250 million pounds of plastic
“So there are five areas in the world where the plastic, once it's in the ocean, converges and concentrates. The largest one is this Great Pacific Garbage Patch between Hawaii and California. And yeah, there's roughly two hundred and fifty million pounds of pla…”
Slat: A Malaysian real estate developer funds local Ocean Cleanup operations
“So for example, Malaysia there, it's a local real estate developer that is our boots on the ground. You know, they, Want to develop real estate along the river, but their problem is that it's one of the most polluting rivers in the world. So by supporting us, …”