Scott Downey--

It is large heavy and ugly.
I was thinking of going into 40 foot or deeper water and heaving it over the
side. Does anyone have a problem with this?
In a few years the metal frame would be gone and of course the wood and
cloth would rot as well. It is an old sleep sofa and IMO, too hard to lug
back up the dock.

df--

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1. The Refuse Act of 1899 prohibits throwing, discharging or depositing
any refuse matter of any kind (including trash, garbage, oil and other
liquid pollutants) into the waters of the United States.

2 It is illegal to dump:

Inside 3 miles and in U.S. Lakes, Rivers, Bays and Sounds
and anywhere on the Great Lakes no matter how far from sho

Plastic, dunnage, lining, and packing materials that float
and any garbage except dishwater/graywater/fresh fish parts.

3 to 12 miles

Plastic, dunnage, lining, and packing materials that float
and any garbage not ground to less than one square inch.

12 to 25 miles

Plastic, dunnage, lining, and packing materials that float.

Outside 25 miles

Plastic
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Definitions:

Plastic includes, but is not limited to; plastic bags, styrofoam cups
and lids, six pack holders, stirrers, straws, milk jugs, egg cartons,
synthetic nets, ropes, lines and bio or photo-degradable plastics.

Garbage means paper, rags, glass, metal, crockery (generated in living
spaces aboard the vessel -- what we normally call trash), and all kinds
of food, maintenance and cargo-associated waste. Garbage, as used here,
does not include fresh fish or fish parts, dishwater, or gray water.

Dunnage is material used to block and brace cargo and is considered a
cargo-associated waste.

Dishwater means the liquid residue from the manual or automatic washing
of dishes and cooking utensils which have been pre-cleaned to the extent
that any food particles adhering to them would not normally interfere
with the operation of automatic dishwashers.

Graywater means drainage from a dishwasher, shower, laundry, bath, and
washbasin and does not include drainage from toilets, urinals,
hospitals, and cargo spaces.