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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 242-244

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... As a first step toward improving the vessel/shore interface, the committee concludes that vessel garbage management must be viewed as a system that includes port reception facilities, and this system needs to be combined with the integrated solid waste management system (ISWMSj for land-generated waste. The ISWMS recognizes the diverse needs for waste treatment to accommodate the many materials generated in the nation's homes and industries, and vessel garbage can be integrated into that system.
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From page 243...
... In addition, to assure that ports meet vessel needs for handling of garbage (including APHIS waste) , vessel operators could be required to report any inadequate reception facilities using the IMO forms.
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From page 244...
... program run by the Coast Guard, which, realistically, has neither the expertise nor the resources to assess and monitor garbage reception facilities and, moreover, monitors only a limited number of ports. Unless and until the new system is in place, however, the COA program must continue to provide a check on the adequacy of port reception facilities.
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Key Terms

  • reception facilities
  • coast guard
  • port reception
  • marine debris
  • vessel garbage

  • waste management
  • garbage management
  • vessel operators
  • garbage services
  • aphis waste

  • national seashore
  • national park
  • maritime sectors
  • coastal state
  • plastic debris

  • garbage disposal
  • park service
  • vessel operator
  • coa program
  • management plan

  • garbage reception
  • coastal states
  • adequate port
  • fishing nets
  • adequate reception


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