We’re not first in North Pacific garbage?

From decades of environmentalist propaganda, I thought the US was first in every category of littering the planet. Maybe not being first is why the countries aren’t listed until paragraph 5.

From 1440

“The researchers were able to identify the country of origin for 232 objects, with the largest percentage being from Japan at 33.6%. China was next at 32.3% followed by South Korea at 9.9%. Next on the list was the U.S. at 6.5%, Taiwan at 5.6% and Canada at 4.7%. Together, these six countries accounted for over 92% of the identifiable trash found in the NPGP. The researchers also calculated that trash in the NPGP was 10 times more likely to come from fishing activities than land-based activities. They conclude that all of the top six countries identified in their work engage regularly in massive fishing operations.”

https://phys.org/news/2022-09-trash-north-pacific-garbage-patch.html?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email

Trash is 10 times more likely to come from fishing than from you forgetting to put recyclable plastic in your recycle bin.