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BenTheHokie t1_j8tjz93 wrote

Reply to comment by sometiara1 in [OC] Plastic waste emitted to the ocean per country by sometiara1

Love this visualization. However for a few of the data points, including the Philippines, seems like they are emitting more waste than they produce. Is that because other countries are exporting trash for them to then negligently dispose of?

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khelfen1 t1_j8vyzxs wrote

Yes, probably. We (EU in my case) export a lot of our waste to SE Asia. Would be nice to have data accounting for exports.

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BenTheHokie t1_j8xmhzf wrote

Looks like OP answered a different comment thread. The emission and generation are from different time periods (as per the bottom right corner) so while it is a cool visualization, it's hard to draw definitive conclusions about whether trash is being exported.

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