Chilean media reported on December 17 that while the average national river waste in Chile dropped from an average of 1. 1 per square meter to 1.6, compared with the first sample in 2013, the project leader, Chile North Martin Thiel, a doctoral student in oceanography at the Catholic University, said the survey found a new phenomenon: the hardest hit areas were no longer Bio Central in the center, but the northern Arica region Arica and Antofagasta, with 4.3 rubbish per square meter. In addition, floating plastic pellet explosions increased explosively from 36.7% of total rubbish in 2013 to 95.7% .
According to the survey, Rio Lluta in the north is most polluted, with an average of 6.8 rubbish per square meter of riverbanks. While the local government has taken interventions and protection measures, people leave the garbage on the banks of rivers Thayer stressed that this is a manifestation of a lack of public awareness.
The situation in Rio Loa is also not optimistic, it is the most polluting river of conventional and floating plastic particulate refuse in Chile, and the data show that 62 conventional rubbishes and 309 floating plastic particles flow per hour on the Loa River Garbage, while the former's national average of 9.9.
Although Chile introduced the plastic limit order in the coastal cities, Tell said the river is an important human source of water and the rubbish from the river will eventually be transported to the coastal areas. "This is a deteriorating and worrying issue The plastic limit order should be for the whole country, the use of disposable containers should be lifted, environmental education should be enhanced, and censorship should be increased at the same time the new garbage law is introduced. Otherwise, the law will be a bargain on paper.