Pollution-Control Regimes for U.S. Navy Vessels: From Battleship Gray to Environmental Green
Abstract
Within the past 40 years, the International Community has awakened to problems posed by 'vessel-source pollution,' the disposal of shipboard generated wastes into the sea. Discharge of vessel wastes is undoubtedly a practice as old as man's earliest forays upon the seas, and it was long assumed that the ocean's capacity to absorb wastes was infinite. There is, however, a growing consciousness that waste introduced into the seas are not assimilated; but recirculated and that 'disposal' in a closed system is a misnomer.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1994
- Accession Number
- ADA283938
Entities
People
- Michael I. Quinn
Organizations
- University of Washington