BRANTAS RIVERS INDEX A TO Z OCEAN PLASTIC TOP POLLUTERS

Around ninety percent (90%) of plastics in the ocean comes from just 10 rivers. Nine of these rivers are located in Asia and one of them borders Thailand.

The top 10 most polluted rivers in the world have one thing in common – they are located alongside large human populations with poor waste management (PWM) systems.

HOLY GANGA - The Ganges is considered to be the fifth most polluted river in the world. It contains human waste and industrial contaminants, but provides water for about 40% of India's population, yet millions of Indians depending on it for their daily needs. In 2015 this river was considered to be the 2nd worst polluter.

RIVER	COUNTRY	POPULATION	PLASTIC
-	-	-	-
Amazon	Brazil/Peru/ Ecuador	-	1
Amur	Russia/China	-	2
Brantas	Indonesia	-	3
Buriganga	Bangladesh	-	4
Citarum	Indonesia	-	5
Congo	West Central Africa	-	6
Cross	Nigeria/Cameroon	-	7
Cuyahoga	USA	-	8
Ganges	India/Bangladesh	-	9
Danube	Europe	-	10
Dong	China	-	11
Hai He (Sea)	China	-	12
Hanjiang	China	-	13
Huangpu	China	-	14
Irrawaddy	Myanmar	-	15
Imo	Nigeria	-	16
Indus	Pakistan/Himalayan	-	17
Irtysh	Russia/China/Kazakhstan	-	18
Jordan	Israel	-	19
Kwa Ibo	Nigeria	-	20
Lena	Siberia	-	21
Magdalena	Columbia	-	22
Mantanza-Riachuelo	Argentina	-	23
Marilao	Philippines	-	24
Mississippi	USA	-	25
Mekong	Thailand/Laos/Vietnam	-	26
Niger	Guinea/Nigeria	-	27
Nile	Egypt	-	28
Parana	S America/Brazil	-	29
Pasig	Philippines	-	30
Progo	Java/Indonesia	-	31
Sarno	Italy	-	32
Serayu	Indonesia	-	33
Solo	Java/Indonesia	-	34
Tamsui	Taiwan	-	35
Xi	China	-	36
Yamuna	India	-	37
Yangtze	China	-	38
Yellow/Huang He	China	-	30
Zhujiang/Pearl	China	-	40

Every year the world, produces 300 million tonnes of plastics, and 8.8 million tonnes of these are dumped into the oceans. That’s about 40 billion plastic bottles, 100 billion single-use plastic bags, and 522 million personal care items.

If you know a seriously polluted river, or one that should be a candidate on a bigger list, please contact Cleaner Ocean Foundation.

The rivers noted, added to hundreds of other lesser contributors feed the five ocean gyres.

JAMBECK 2010 - Global map with each country shaded according to the estimated mass of mismanaged plastic waste [millions ofmetric tons (MT)] generated in 2010 by populations living within 50 km of the coast. 192 countries were considered. Countries not included in the study are shaded white.