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What does dumping of waste and littering affect the marine life?
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∙ 13y ago
A animal could eat the waste and think it's food and the animal could die.
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What is marine dumping?
Marine dumping is the practice of throwing garbage or waste of any kind into the ocean to get rid of it.
Which act strengthened the laws against dumping waste in US waters?
marine protection, Research, and sanctuaries act and clean water act
Why is thowing paper waste?
Littering.
What is the cause of water pollution?
Sewage and Waste Water, Marine Dumping, Industrial Waste, Radioactive Waste, Oil Pollution, Underground Storage Leakage, Atmospheric Deposition, Global Warming and Euthrophication.
Why does the government prohibit dumping dumping of chemical and industrial waste in your bodies of water?
because the waste dumped in the water.
How does dumping waste into water resources affect organisms in the water?
it causes pollution and harms the environment especially the species living in it.
How do people affect the sea?
Littering and dumping is one of the activities that affect the water, as well as oil spills. Deforestation, which is the cutting of trees, will let the soil tumble down and pollute the water, which is also called soil erosion.
What is the dumping domestic industrial waste in land and water?
Waste can be managed by sorted out and recycle or combusted to produce energy and the last mode is dispose to the designated area. Dump site, mostly on land, is the keeps of domestic and industrial waste, the waste would be piled to a certain height in the confined area then covered with earth when the piling is finished. The land will not be able to use again and that make problem to the country with limited land area. Sea or marine dump site is for the keeps of industrial waste. It is allowed for deposit of sludge waste, geological material waste, nuclear waste depending on the country's marine ecology policy. The dumping area should be a close spot and the waste would not dispersed by under water current preventing contamination and deterioration of marine ecology.
How many states have laws against littering?
All US states have laws that relate to littering, disposing of waste material, etc.
Does dumping of waste disrupt ocean currents?
yes
Demonstrate how people and companies can use technology to reduce production of waste and reduce the use of resources.How do these actions affect the environment?
People and companies can use technology to reduce production of waste and reduce the use of resources by dumping the waste and crushing it up.
How did man impact on the marine life food chain?
We pollute the water by dumping thousands of tons of waste into the water & we eat shrimp, and fish, and maybe even seaweed, we eat parts of the marine life food chain, and even make animals close to extinction!
