About 73% of the discharge of pandemic-associated plastics to the ocean is from Asian rivers

Top five rivers for pandemic-associated plastic

discharged to the ocean

1,700 tons

Danube

5,200

1,200

Amur

Shatt al-Arab

4,000

3,700

Indus

Yangtze

Top five rivers for pandemic-associated plastic discharged to the ocean

1,700 tons

1,200

Danube

Amur

5,200

Shatt al-Arab

4,000

3,700

Indus

Yangtze

Guardian graphic. Source: Peng et al. Plastic waste release caused by Covid-19 and its fate in the global ocean