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Clean Ships, Clean Ports, Clean Oceans Controlling Garbage and Plastic Wastes at Sea (1995) / Chapter Skim
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... The committee relied on its collective judgment, rather than formal analysis, to determine whether an alternative met the criteria. (Formal analysis may be impossible, in any case, due to the paucity of data on marine debris and the difficulty of measuring debris levels.)
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From page 224...
... Effectiveness. An intervention must be likely to reduce, or provide essential data for reducing the environmental hazard posed by vessel garbage, by either reducing the amount of material or improving handling of the material, in ways that undeniably can show trends in waste entry to the marine environment.
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Key Terms

  • marine debris
  • vessel garbage
  • hazard evolution
  • marine environment
  • maritime sectors

  • zero discharge
  • achieve zero
  • food waste


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