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Clean Ships, Clean Ports, Clean Oceans Controlling Garbage and Plastic Wastes at Sea (1995) / Chapter Skim
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... Clearly, this assumption is no longer valid. Vessel garbage generally is disposed of in one of two places: at sea, or in port reception facilities.
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... The marked items were replaced at the same place where they were found; there was little evidence of down-shore or 49 TABLE 2-5 Plastic Contributions to Beach Debns (% of Total Items FoundJa Location Olympic National Park Cape Cod National Seashore Channel Islands National Park Canaveral National Seashore Assateague Island National Seashore Gulf Islands National Seashore Cape Hatteras National Seashore Plastic 98% (1,350/1,385 items)
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Key Terms

  • reception facilities
  • port reception
  • packing materials
  • vessel garbage
  • discharged overboard

  • garbage generated
  • national seashore
  • national park
  • marine environment
  • research vessels

  • domestic waste
  • art anderson
  • anderson associates
  • recreational boaters
  • park service

  • padre island
  • home ports
  • shipborne wastes
  • island national
  • generated aboard

  • merchant mariners


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