46% of all plastic in oceans is just abandoned fishing nets.
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/...he-problem
Quote:A recent survey by scientists affiliated with Ocean Cleanup, a group developing technologies to reduce ocean plastic, offers one answer. Using surface samples and aerial surveys, the group determined that at least 46 percent of the plastic in the garbage patch by weight comes from a single product: fishing nets. Other fishing gear makes up a good chunk of the rest.
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/...he-problem