Combined river flows could send up to 3 billion microplastics a day into the Bay of Bengal par Frédéric PELASCINI | 24 Jan 2021 | Actualités Combined river flows could send up to 3 billion microplastics a day into the Bay of Bengal New research shows the Ganges River - with the combined flows of the Brahmaputra and Meghna rivers - could be responsible for up to 3 billion microplastic particles entering the Bay of Bengal every day. EurekAlert!