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Clean Ships, Clean Ports, Clean Oceans Controlling Garbage and Plastic Wastes at Sea (1995) / Chapter Skim
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Pages 110-110

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... Realizing that centralized technical support and decision making were needed to alleviate these problems, Coast Guard senior management has developed plans to retrofit on-board garbage treatment equipment (Bunch, 1994~. The plans call for polar icebreakers to be fitted with systems consisting of an incinerator, a trash compactor, and a pulper.
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Key Terms

  • coast guard
  • garbage management
  • garbage generated
  • treatment equipment
  • garbage treatment

  • plastic debris
  • direct federal
  • garbage disposal
  • board staff
  • marine board

  • plastic garbage
  • auxiliary vessels
  • public vessels


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