Future Ship Designs: It's In the Bag: Submarine plastic Waste Management

摘要

The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994 prohibits the discharge of plastic waste from U.S. Navy submarines after December 31,2008. This will re- Quire the navy submarine community to develop an effec- Tive method for handling and storing plastic waste aboard For eventual return to port. Paramount objectives include Volume reduction, sanitary packaging of the waste processing Options.