離島變色錄(一)金門汙染現況Trash from China ends up in Kinmen

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An international study shows that marine debris on the northeast Pacific has increased by 100 times in the last 40 years with most coming from Asian countries and China being the first on that list. It is estimated that China dumps some 1.3 million to 3.5 million tons of plastic waste into the Pacific every year. We will show you how severe the problem is by visiting Taiwan’s Kinmen County where its shores pick up 10 tons of waste from China everyday.

國際研究發現，過去40年間，太平洋東北海域的廢棄物增加100倍，其中絕大多數來自亞洲，而最嚴重的國家就是中國大陸，估計每年丟棄130萬到350萬公噸塑膠垃圾到太平洋，我們將帶您來到台灣的金門縣，當地每天幾乎都有來自中國、10公噸的海漂垃圾。