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States struggle to curb pollution by cruise ships http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1281887375
In a single day, the federal Environmental Protection Agency estimates, passengers aboard a typical cruise ship will generate:
* 21,000 gallons of sewage
* One ton of garbage
* 170,000 gallons of wastewater from sinks, showers and laundry
* More than 25 pounds of batteries, fluorescent lights, medical wastes and expired chemicals
* Up to 6,400 gallons of oily bilge water from engines
* Four plastic bottles per passenger - about 8,500 bottles per day for the Carnival Spirit
Cruise ships incinerate between 75 and 85 percent of their garbage, according to the EPA in its 2008 study, contributing to smog in coastal communities and on the ocean. They also release incinerator ash and sewage sludge into the ocean. They contribute nutrients, metals, ammonia, pharmaceutical waste, chemical cleaners and detergent to deep marine environments from sewage treatment systems that either don't work as planned or aren't able to remove such substances, according to tests in Washington and Alaska, interviews with state officials, the EPA study, and information provided by the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary. It's legal to discharge untreated sewage in most areas of the United States farther than three miles from shore.
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