ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Ocean floor disposal

Okay, so imagine you have a big bag of trash that you need to throw away. Sometimes, people bury their trash in the ground, right? Well, sometimes people bury their trash in the ocean floor, which is like the ground but in the ocean.

Now, burying trash in the ocean floor is not great because it can be harmful to the animals and plants that live there. So, people only do ocean floor disposal if the trash they're throwing away is not harmful and won't cause any problems.

Sometimes, people also bury things in the ocean floor that are not trash but instead things like old oil rigs or ships that are no longer being used. But, just like with trash, people have to be careful when doing this too because it can also harm the environment.

So, remember, ocean floor disposal is when people bury things in the ground but in the ocean instead of on land, but they only do it with things that won't harm the environment.