Question

Don`t throw ___________ waste in the ocean.

(a) food (b) paper

(c) agricultural (d) plastic ​

Answer 1

$\rightarrow$ Plastic Waste Is The Right Answer.

Answer 2

According to me , all the options are correct .

Never throw anything that doesn't decompose quickly in water.

$\small\mathcal\red{food\:waste}$

Under federal law, it is illegal to toss ANY garbage from a boat while you are anywhere in lakes, rivers, bays, sounds, and offshore in the ocean less than 3 miles. Yes, this means you can't throw a banana peel or your half-eaten sandwich overboard.

$\small\mathcal\red{paper\:waste}$

Wastewater discharges for a pulp and paper mill contains solids, nutrients and dissolved organic matter such as lignin. It also contains alcohols, and chelating agents and inorganic materials like chlorates and transition metal compounds. Nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus can cause or exacerbate eutrophication of fresh water bodies such as lakes and rivers. Organic matter dissolved in fresh water, measured by biological oxygen demand (BOD), changes ecological characteristics. Wastewater may also be polluted with organochlorine compounds. Some of these are naturally occurring in the wood, but chlorine bleaching of the pulp produces far larger amounts. Recent studies underline as an appropriate pre-treatment of the wastewater (e.g. the coagulation) is cost-effective solution for the removal of Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) and the reduction of the pressures on the aquatic environment.

$\small\mathcal\red{agricultural\:waste}$

Industrial animal agriculture contributes directly to sea temperature rise and ocean acidification. Farm waste doesn't stay in the farms!! To the gardener, a little bit of manure is a natural part of the nutrient cycle. This beneficial view of animal waste, however, breaks down when industrial farming methods are considered. For one, animals are fed an endless stream of antibiotics and hormones, which are excreted and end up in our waterways and ocean. Ammonia, a toxic form of nitrogen released in gas form during waste disposal, can be carried more than 300 miles through the air before being dumped back onto the ground or into the water, where it causes algal blooms and fish kills.

$\small\mathcal\red{plastic\:waste}$

100 million marine animals die each year from plastic waste alone. 100,000 marine animals die from getting entangled in plastic yearly – this is just the creatures we find!