REGULATORY MATTERS, INDUSTRY GUIDELINES AND VOLUNTARY CODE OF PRACTICE

摘要

The benefits of the recycling process are real - the problems also are real. Let us address them. Recycling has a positive effect on the national economy and the global environment. Recycling ships is best carried out where there is a ready market for the recovered materials and items. There are many stakeholders with a role to play in addressing these issues - national administrations and commercial operators - and it is only by co-operation that the areas of concern to us all will be addressed. The shipping industry has not adopted a fundamentalist approach to the issues. We have not washed our hands and walked away. We have recognised our ability to have a beneficial impact on the problem areas, have addressed them, and will continue to address them, and will continue to lobby for them. We are willing to consider change and improvement. Are the other stakeholders?