What You Didn't Know About Life On A Submarine

Trash Removal

Submarines can accommodate more than 40 people, even in cramped quarters. Therefore, all those people produce a lot of trash. 

Because some trash cannot be thrown away, it must be sorted until it can be unloaded and recycled onshore. The rest is dumped into the ocean in a special steel can.

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