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Originally Posted by TheIronMaiden
I fail to see how these two things are in opposition to one another.
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I think what he is saying is that from a "what is a problem that Canada faces" perspective, one is a real problem, while the other is not. From anecdotal observations, people that seem to be in support of eliminating plastic straws and other single use plastics, are the people that believe that Canada doing so will help reduce the amount of plastic in the ocean, or the sea life that is endangered due to Canada's plastic use. It's not. Up to 95% of all plastic found in the world's oceans come from just 10 source rivers, all located in the developing world (
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acs.est.7b02368). From the Financial Post:
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Canada on average, contributes less than 0.01 MT (millions of metric tonnes) of mismanaged plastic waste. In contrast, countries like Indonesia and the Philippines contribute 10.1 per cent and 5.9 per cent of the world’s mismanaged plastic, which is upwards of 300 times Canada’s contribution. China, the world’s largest plastics polluter, accounts for 27.7 per cent of the worlds mismanaged plastic. Canada, when compared to European countries like England, Spain, Italy, Portugal and France, actually contributes four times less in mismanaged plastic. The only European countries on par with Canada are the significantly smaller Sweden, Norway and Finland.
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https://business.financialpost.com/o...arm-it-instead