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Environment & Energy

muriel_volestrangler

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2. 4.67 million tons is 5Mt, not 5Gt

Reply to hatrack (Original post)

Wed Dec 14, 2016, 09:08 AM

Dec 2016

5 gigatonnes would be about 3 tonnes per person, or 60kg per person per week. We may be wasteful, but we (or the Chinese) are not that wasteful.

(on edit: 4.67 million tons was the recyclable waste for Beijing. The high estimate for Chinese plastic marine debris in 2010 was 3.53 million tonnes)

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Oh, And Don't Forget Oceans Filled With Plastic - China Alone Dumped 5 Mt Back In 2010 [View all] hatrack Dec 2016 OP

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4.67 million tons is 5Mt, not 5Gt muriel_volestrangler Dec 2016 #2

Fixed, thank you! hatrack Dec 2016 #3