Water is where life came from, it is the fundamental base of the entire global ecosystem, and if our oceans and rivers fail, with the Oceans becoming Canfield Oceans, then pretty much the entire human race will be wiped out.
I do not for one moment understand how any country, province or state, or person can use the ocean as a garbage dump. If countries and enforcement agencies cannot see that by polluting the ocean you are destroying the fundamental support system of all life on earth, then we can kiss goodbye to most developed forms of life on Earth.
I agree. Completely. In our country we have vast parcels that are really suitable to waste disposal. A good membrane on the bottom and lots of soil on the top and it's good for a long time. There is NO excuse for dumping anything in a waterway or near it. I see that the floods in the Carolinas has released a LOT of coal waste that was stored very casually and not tended after the companies went bankrupt. Sad commentary.