Bloomberg Opinion on X: The main culprit of plastic pollution? Commercial fishing gear. At least 46 percent of the plastic in the garbage patch comes from a single product: fishing nets

Biodegradable Plastics Won't Solve China's Trash Problems - Bloomberg

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Greenpeace report reveals how ghost gear from the fishing industry forms majority of ocean plastic pollution - Oceanographic

Great Pacific Garbage Patch Is Bigger and Mostly Made of Fishing Gear

The Glut of Plastic Polluting the World's Oceans Is Growing Fast - Bloomberg

Pacific Ocean plastic garbage clean-up removes 40 tonnes of fishing nets and plastics

Evidence that the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is rapidly accumulating plastic

Lost Fishing Gear More Abundant Than Ever

Nations to Start Talks on Plastics Pact Seen as Next Paris Deal - Bloomberg

Exploring the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

Biodegradable Fishing Gear Isn't Good Enough

Evidence that the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is rapidly accumulating plastic

Industrialised fishing nations largely contribute to floating plastic pollution in the North Pacific subtropical gyre

Plastic Waste in the World's Oceans Could Double by 2030 - Bloomberg