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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 234-235

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... Navy Surface Combatant Vessels and Their Home Ports Objective: Develop plans foretell Annex V compliance, including capability to achieve zero discharge in special areas, making the best use of existing technologies and strategies While it must contend with special burdens in developing a plan for full Annex V compliance, the Navy also has unique opportunities due to the large sums of money that have been appropriated for research and development and its effective command and control organization that can implement successful strategies on a fleetwide basis. It is important to make the most of these assets.
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From page 235...
... Compactors are a basic element of compliance strategies in most other fleets, including Coast Guard ships that remain at sea for months at a time. Incinerators are standard on passenger cruise ships.
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Key Terms

  • coast guard
  • marine debris
  • storage space
  • discharged overboard
  • recycling programs

  • compliance strategies
  • cruise ships
  • garbage treatment
  • foamed plastic
  • maritime sectors

  • zero discharge
  • home ports
  • operational wastes
  • offshore operators
  • achieve zero

  • source reduction
  • treatment technologies
  • passenger cruise
  • cruise ship


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