09-06-2010, 10:35 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jackhammer
Today’s cruise ships carry on average between 3,000 and 7,000 people including the crew. A moderately sized ship on a week’s voyage can generate more than 200,000 gallons of human sewage – enough to fill 10 backyard swimming pools – a million gallons of gray water, 25,000 gallons of oily bilge water, more than 100 gallons of hazardous waste, and eight tons of solid waste, including ground up food waste. And almost all of it gets discharged into the environment either straight into the ocean or incinerated onboard and the ashes thrown overboard with a small amount hauled on shore.
So what they don't dump, they burn while folks are enjoying their cruise.
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It all comes down to this in the end, doesn't it?
Someone's been living with Medusa. 
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