W A S T E

GRAY WATER

Sinks &
Cabin
Showers

Laundry
Galley
A/C Condensate
Salon

S T R E A M

BLACK WATER

Toilets
Medical Facility
Water

O P E R A T I O N A L

BILGE WATER

All liquids collected

in open spaces in the
bottom of the ship

Black
Water
Treatment

Documentation

(or)

CORPORATE
POLICY

REGULATORY
STANDARDS
ABOVE & BEYOND
COMPLIANCE
NOTES

<5ppm

Clean Holding Tank

Incinerator

Monitor

Discharge
to Sea
Cold Storage
Beyond
12 nm

Monitor
<5ppm

Segregated Leakproof
Containers

<5ppm
Documentation

Approved
Shoreside
Treatment
Facility

Documentation

Documentation

(or)
Discharge
to Sea
Beyond
12 nm

Discharge beyond 12 nm with ships

speed > 6 knots or land for
treatment by shore facility.

Physical removal of plastics & other

debris; land remainder for treatment by
shore facility or discharge beyond 12 nm
with ships speed > 6 knots.

Exception: Discharge between 4 - 12 nm

on restrictive itineraries, or anywhere
for emergencies.

Exception: Discharge between 4 - 12 nm

on restrictive itineraries, or anywhere for
emergencies. Untreated, discharged
beyond 12nm on restrictive itineraries.

Local

Treated, discharged beyond 4 nm.

< 15 ppm, discharged while underway.

Yes

Yes

Yes

87% of waste stream flow is from cabin

All liquid waste from the Medical Facility is

treated in the black water system.

showers and sinks.

Chemicals
Spent Fluorescents
Batteries
Used Paints/Thinners
Dry Cleaning Waste
Photo Waste >5ppm
Silver Recovery Unit

Monitor

(or)
Discharge
to Sea
Beyond
12 nm

Crusher

Documentation

SPECIAL WASTE

(sludge)
>5ppm

(or)
Approved
Shoreside
Treatment
Facility

Glass

Compactor
Grinder

>5ppm

Discharge
to Sea
Beyond
12 nm

Paper
Food
& Plastic Waste Cans

Used Lube Oil

Fuel Sludge

Treatment Unit

Holding Tank

Approved
Shoreside
Treatment
Facility

HOTEL AND
RESTAURANT WASTE

SLUDGE

Holding Tank

Black Water
Holding
Tank

Documentation

C O N T R O L S

Discharge if beyond 12 nm and effluent

< 5 parts per million (ppm) oil.

Approved
Shoreside
Treatment
Facility

Landed
Ashore for
Recycling

Land Ash
for
Shoreside
Disposal

Incinerate onboard or land for treatment

and recycling by shore facility.

Landed Ashore to
Authorized Waste
Management
Professionals

Collect and sort at source of generation. Generally, food

waste is incinerated onboard with the incinerator ash
landed ashore. Food waste may also be landed.

Land only in designated ports to authorized

hazardous waste professionals. Corporate
requires shore facility visits or audits.

Exception: Discharge food waste and ash outside 12 nm

based on technology & equipment limitations. In unusual
circumstances, could be discharged between 4 12 nm.

Exception: Can be landed as nonhazardous waste if waste is treated

onboard to below regulatory limits.

Land for disposal.

Except for plastics, discharge outside 4,12, or 25 nm.

U.S. and International

Equal

Yes

Equal

The waste managemant process ensures batteries,

tin & aluminum cans and color separated glass
are landed for recycling.

Special waste is landed only to corporate-approved

waste management firms in ports worldwide.

Shoreside facilities treat the sludge so that it can be

used in asphalt or as an alternative fuel source.

nm = nautical miles
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