Disposing of Waste

Always Recycle when ever possible

While In Port


Please use the shoreside disposal containers and recycling containers because the ship can not incinerate garbage while in port.
 

Prior to Departure


Dispose of ALL waste in shoreside containers prior to the ships departure. We like to keep our waste disposal to a minimum while out at sea!

Make sure that boxes and shipping containers you will need for your trip home are properly stored. If you don't, you may find that they have been recycled when you look for them at the end of the cruise. Storage areas are located in the forward and aft science holds.
 

When Underway


During the course of a normal cruise waste is separated into burnable, wet garbage, aluminum cans, tin cans and glass bottles. On the mess decks you will find marked containers for each type of waste. In the labs you will also find containers for burnables and cans. When your trash cans are full bag the trash and take the burnable trash to the incinerator room (01 level aft), aluminum and tin cans to the scullery.
 

WARNING
You may injure someone if you put combustible items, chemical waste or sharp objects into the burnable trash containers. 

 
BURNABLE items include:
Paper, cardboard, and plastic items.
NOT
Aerosol cans, oily rags, containers of flammables, razor blades, hypodermic needles, broken glass or used batteries.
 
  • Deposit oily rags and combustibles in the containers outside the incinerator room.
  • Take your used batteries to the ET shop and put them in the used battery container by the door.
  • Razor blades, broken glassware and other sharp objects go over the side when the ship is outside of 50 miles from land. Otherwise dispose of then in the container labeled SHARPS in the ET shop.
  • Dispose of Hazardous Materials in accordance with guidelines in the Haz Mat Web Page.

 

If the ship is working near shore (less than 50 miles) or in an area where waste disposal is not allowed, arrangements will be made to place a garbage dumpster of adequate size onboard. Under these circumstances use the dumpster for disposal of waste materials.

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Created April 1997
Last Updated 16 February 2003
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