Ganges river carrying billions of plastic particles into ocean each day

Nick Lavars, New Atlas Plastics & Pollution

Ganges river carrying billions of plastic particles into ocean each day
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The scientists calculated that the Ganges and two nearby waterways are responsible for pumping as much as three billion microplastic particles into the Indian Ocean each day.

The study was conducted as part of National Geographic's Sea to Source project, which aims to tackle the problem of plastic pollution by investigating how it can be prevented from reaching the ocean.

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