GEMET
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Environmental
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ocean dumping
Definition

The process by which pollutants, including sewage, industrial waste, consumer waste, and agricultural and urban runoff are discharged into the world's oceans. These pollutants arise from a myriad of sources.

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Concept URL: http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/5793