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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 236-237

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... Successful technologies and strategies should be shared and deployed. To foster recycling and reduce volumes of garbage that must be discharged in port reception facilities, the Navy should establish comprehensive fleetwide recycling practices and explore marketing the metal and glass wastes it now collects and separates.
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From page 237...
... Objective: Assure comprehensive vessel garbage management system, including adequate port reception facilities All measures proposed to improve the garbage management system for cargo vessels also apply to the cruise ship sector, because many of the same problems plague both fleets. Cruise ships should be required to off-load both Annex V and APHIS garbage at U.S.
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