Cruise Ship Trash Disposal

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Cruise ship trash disposal. Records of garbage disposal must be kept accurate and. The report further includes the description of the general waste categories produced on a cruise ship as well as the disposal treatments. Shipping crews must be educated of the new requirements and must know how to follow the updated garbage management protocols.

In a word No. Law allows cruise ships to dump raw sewage in the ocean once a ship is more than three miles off US. Some cruise lines press the food waste in a giant trash compactor dry it and then burn it to produce hot water for your shower.

New garbage disposal regulations under the revised MARPOL Annex V will be immediately effective on January 1st 2013. Under the current Caribbean regulations ships can begin dumping garbage including metal glass and paper 3 miles from shore as long as it is ground to less than an inch. The dried waste is handled together with bio-material and other burnable waste.

It must be done as per the international maritime laws. The dumping of waste at sea is controlled by the six annexes of the MARPOL convention to which most nations are signatories. Ships can dump treated sewage anywhere in the ocean except in Alaskan waters where companies must comply with higher state standards.

The 6600 passengers on board the worlds largest cruise ship produce a lot of trash. The sewage on the cruise ship includes the wastewater from the bathrooms toilets urinals medical premises and other similar facilities. We went inside the secret crew-only deck of Royal Caribbeans Symphony.

The cruise ship industry knows it has to respond to these concerns and it has with both greater transparency and action. Waste water is the second biggest part of onboard waste. Green brown and white.