Providing you are not sailing in the Red Sea or another special area as listed in ANNEX V of MARPOL, how many miles from land must you be to throw garbage including bottles, rags, and glass that has not been ground up into the sea?

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Option C: 12 nm. Outside special areas, MARPOL Annex V permits the discharge of non-ground garbage such as paper, rags, glass, and bottles only when the vessel is more than 12 nautical miles from the nearest land.