Re: Is throwing paper products overboard bad for the water?
back in the day, people would sink empty cans in the bay, because they would rust away in a short time. And paper would sink and dissolve. There weren't that many people out there doing it.
Then they improved the cans, and paper. Added plastic, or replaced paper with plastic. More people are on the water.
They also found that before the cans rusted away, they trapped small fish and other critters. And if too many people did it, you had trash washing up, or floating around, or cans you could see on the bottom.
So it's a lot like burying your trash when you go camping--used to be OK, in some circumstances still OK, in most circumstances it's not OK.
I make a judgment call along these lines--I'll throw an apple core out in the middle of the woods but not in the middle of the park. I won't throw a can out in either.
