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MARPOL Annex V (Regulations for the Prevention of Pollution by Garbage from Ships) came into force on 31 December 1988. It specifies the distances from land in which materials may be disposed of and subdivides different types of garbage and marine debris.
[5] The Annexes of MARPOL contain detailed regulations with respect to the six main groups of harmful materials: Petroleum in any form ( Annex I ); Noxious Liquid Substances (NLS) carried in bulk (Annex II); Harmful substances carried in packaged form (Annex III); Sewage (Annex IV); Garbage (Annex V); and Air emissions (Annex VI).
APPS prohibits the discharge of all garbage within 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) of shore, certain types of garbage within 12 nautical miles (22 km) offshore, and plastic anywhere. It applies to all vessels, whether seagoing or not, regardless of flag, operating in U.S. navigable waters and the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). It is administered by ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Marine garbage patches (5 P) S. ... Pages in category "Waste" The following 62 pages are in this category, out of 62 total. ...
Annex III lays out general technical factors to be considered in establishing criteria for issuance of ocean dumping permits. The main objective of the London Convention is to prevent indiscriminate disposal at sea of wastes that could be liable for creating hazards to human health; harming living resources and marine life; damaging amenities ...
The types listed here are not necessarily exclusive and there may be considerable overlap so that one waste entity may fall into one to many types. Agricultural waste Animal by-products (see slaughterhouse waste )
Different types of waste input (such as plant waste, food waste, tyres) placed in the pyrolysis process potentially yield an alternative to fossil fuels. [53] Pyrolysis is a process of thermo-chemical decomposition of organic materials by heat in the absence of stoichiometric quantities of oxygen ; the decomposition produces various hydrocarbon ...
Categories of solid waste generated in the U.S., 1960 through 2014 As a nation, Americans generate more waste than any other nation in the world, officially with 4.4 pounds (2.0 kg) of municipal solid waste (MSW) per person per day, [ 1 ] with another study estimating 7.1 pounds (3.2 kg) per capita per day. [ 2 ]