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Originally posted by ZOOMER
Seagulls that follow ships can't wait for the next dump, as they follow
ships all over the ocean. We had a flock of seagulls that followed a
Navy ship I was on one time, all the way from the Naval Weapons
Station in Concord, CA. clear to Subic Bay in the Phillipines. That was
a 21 day cruise, and the seagulls followed the ship the entire time.
The point about the trash is, 99% of it will be consumed by seagulls,
fish, sharks and whatever is roaming around in the ocean when the
trash is dumped, so VERY LITTLE is actually left as trash.
The Navy's original plan to deal with MARPOL was two-fold. First, it would shred non- food waste such as cardboard and
waste into a slurry and pump the waste overboard. Glass and metal
would have been shredded and dumped in zones not covered by
MARPOL. However, at least one environmental group demanded a "zero-discharge" policy in special areas. As a result, the Navy did not
pursue pulping and shredding technology. At present, the Navy is
still searching for an adequate solution to deal with disposal of
non-food waste that does not include plastic.
Originally posted by Indy
To me dumping at sea is despicable. People are such pigs. Why don't you save the trash until you get home and dump it in your own back yard. To me dumping at sea should be one of the greatest environmental crimes.
Munitions Dumping at Sea, by CR McClain:
"The Army now admits that it secretly dumped 64 million pounds of nerve and mustard agents into the sea, along with 400,000 chemical-filled bombs, land mines and rockets and more than 500 tons of radioactive waste - either tossed overboard or packed into the holds of scuttled vessels."
Originally posted by Retikx
)in regards to the trash dumping(
This problem would be very easily taken care of if the army and cruise lines would just use biodegradable materials. Then they could be safely tossed off the ship and return back into the food chain.
Originally posted by ATruGod
Its not just Navy or Cruise Lines (ie Oil Platforms, all the ships that service them etc) theres actually International Laws Governing dumping trash overboard, and in most cases being out at sea makes it legal.
Not that its right.