Do Cruise Ships Throw Trash Overboard

The major source of perishable food waste is from leftovers at meal times and appropriate disposal is a cause for concern among environmentally conscious passengers and crew on todays mega-ships.

Do cruise ships throw trash overboard. According to environmental regulatory lead at Royal Caribbean International Nick Rose the idea that cruise lines go round dumping stuff in the ocean is just wrong. No red tide will surface ashore from trash discard from a USN vessel. In the mid-1970s the National Academy of Sciences reported that around 14 billion pounds of trash were dumped into the oceans each year by ships and boats.

A strong gust on the sea can blow items off balcony tables or even out of your hand. They do not throw plastics or toxic waste overboard. Now the cruise lines get fined if an onboard smoker throws a butt overboard.

Today the Huffington Post covered the story we posted 10 days ago about MSC Cruises crew members throwing black bags overboard from the MSC Magnifica cruise ship into the water. Under the current Caribbean regulations ships can begin dumping garbage including metal glass and paper three miles five kilometres from shore as long. Most of the plastic in the ocean comes from shipsboats much of that from fishing nets and garbage just.

Our multi-stage treatment. The ships waste incineration room is manned twenty four hours a day by crew members who differentiate glass based on its color. There are separate teams to deal with each incoming recyclable.

As a result all of those millions of passengers and crew members dining and defecating and showering on the oceans have left filthy discharges in their wake. But it happens. All the food waste is churned and diluted with water and thrown overboard.

The largest cruise ships can have up to 5000 passengers and crew. Most of the items mentioned in. Cruise ship masters like all captains are experienced in performing a Williamson turn to bring the ship under power promptly back to the point where the person went overboard.