[giraffe_lady]

It's not "regardless" at all though. Knowing they don't have the infrastructure in place to deal with existing waste, it's easy to predict what happens when we outsource production there. However much uncontrolled waste they would generate, we are choosing to add to it.

[jeltz]

Most of the waste likely comes from their native consumption, not their production.

[snthd]

https://ourworldindata.org/ocean-plastics

More than a third comes from The Philippines, India 13%, China 7%.