There’s trash in the river Yangtze
It’s making its way to the Sea
For the Chinese pollute
and they don’t give a hoot
One wonder, how bad can it be?
How bad is it?
It turns out that 93% of all the plastics that reach the oceans come from just 10 rivers, eight in Asia and two in Africa. Of them the Yang-Tse river contributes about half. All other rivers combined from Africa, America, Asia, Australia, Europe and North and South America contribute about 7% (Source Scientific American 2018)
Thanks, China!
Len Bilén's blog, a blog about faith, politics and the environment. 
Dear Dr. Bilen, I’m a retired anthropology and environmental studies professor at the University of Washington, and I have a book coming out with UW Press on the Ecological history of modern China. I’m looking for a picture I can reproduce in my book (for an academic, not-for-profit press) of garbage on the Three Gorges Reservoir. I notice you had one on your blog of three little boys amidst garbage at Wuhu, which of course is not at Three Gorges, but illustrates a very similar problem. I wondered if it would be possible to use that photo in my book. I’m sorry I couldn’t pay you anything, but I would of course give you credit in the photo caption. If you think this is a possibility, please let me know, and I can send a formal permission request for you to sign. Thanks for considering this.
Steve Harrell
While this is a great picture, it is not mine. I just googled images and this one had, at least at that time no copyright attribution, so I just copied it. While great, it is clearly staged, look how clean their clothes are! My guess is it could be from the Mekong river.