Quote by Dancing_Doll
The Cruise Ship industry is a major player when it comes to ocean pollution, especially in the Caribbean. It's pretty disgusting. I'm extremely picky about seafood and where it comes from and its quality.
* Cruise ships are not required to have permits to dump raw sewage into the oceans, and they are not required to monitor or report what they release. So, neither the government nor the public know how much pollution is released.
* The average cruise ship with 3,000 passengers and crew generates about 30,000 gallons of human waste and 255,000 gallons of non-sewage gray water every day.
* Cruise ships are allowed to release treated sewage almost anywhere they sail. They are also permitted to release untreated gray water—non-sewage wastewater from galleys, dishwashers, baths, sinks, showers, and laundries—anywhere they sail, except Alaska.
* The average cruise ship produces seven tons of garbage and solid waste every day.
* Cruise ships are permitted to dump garbage that has been ground into pieces smaller than one inch when they are three miles from shore, and unground garbage when they are at least 12 miles from shore.
Cruise Ships Routinely Dump Trash into the Caribbean Sea