Did Ahab Litter?

I wonder. I'm reading Moby Dick.

Below is a little something from Sable Island's website. Sable Island has wild horses I admire from afar.

"During the 1980s the island was used as a sampling station to monitor plastic pollution in the waters of the Scotian Shelf region.  The study [from that time] described trends in litter accumulation, identified types, relative proportions, and sources of plastic litter, and established a baseline for future comparisons.  Plastic litter, measured by both number and weight was found washing ashore at a monthly rate of roughly 200 items/km, or 8 kg/km.  Considering that Sable Island is 40 km in length, the study indicated that plastic litter was coming ashore on north beach at a rate of 8000 items per month."

As it turns out, visitors to Sable Island do more than observe the horses. They also leave behind plenty of plastic tableware, something to be remembered by.