Clean Ships, Clean Ports, Clean Oceans: Controlling Garbage and Plastic Wastes atSea

摘要

The volume examines how existing resources can be leveraged into a comprehensivestrategy for compliance, including integrated waste management systems and effective enforcement. It describes both progress toward and obstacles to Annex V compliance. The book covers how shipborne garbage originates and what happens to garbage discharged into the seas; effects of discharge on human health, wildlife safety, and aesthetics; differences in perspective among military, industrial, and recreational seafarers and shoreside facilities.