There can hardly be a human being so unaware that he doesn’t
know the significance of the oceans to our environment. Apart
from being a source of the lubricants of modern economy, natural
gas and petroleum, oceans also provide us with the most
important food ingredient all around the world, common salt.
Oceans are an ecosystem in themselves and the marine life they
house is a source of livelihood to many people. Also, they play
an important part in the water cycle and are responsible for
climatic shifts and changes all over the world. This is
precisely why oceans and their preservation deserve as much
public attention as that is lavished on other environmental
concerns. Ocean dumping is the practice of dumping all sorts of
garbage in the oceanic waters. Industrial waste reigns supreme
in this process, since the oceans provide a convenient out-of-
sight, out-of-mind way to get rid of the junk that industries
churn out during the course of production. But industries aren’t
the only culprits. Apart from the const