W A S T E

S T R E A M

O P E R A T I O N A L

C O N T R O L S

GRAY WATER

BLACK WATER

BILGE WATER

SLUDGE

HOTEL AND RESTAURANT WASTE

SPECIAL WASTE

Cabin Sinks & Showers Laundry Galley A/C Condensate Salon

Holding Tank

Toilets Medical Water Facility

All liquids collected in open spaces in the bottom of the ship

Used Lube Oil Fuel Sludge

Paper Food & Plastic Waste Cans

Glass

Holding Tank Grinder Treatment Unit Black Water Holding Tank Black Water Treatment
(sludge) >5ppm Monitor <5ppm Documentation

Compactor Crusher

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

Clean Holding Tank

>5ppm Monitor <5ppm Documentation

Incinerator

Discharge to Sea Cold Storage Beyond 12 nm

Segregated Leakproof Containers

Documentation

Documentation

Documentation

Documentation

(or) Approved Shoreside Treatment Facility Discharge to Sea Beyond 12 nm Approved Shoreside Treatment Facility

(or) Discharge to Sea Beyond 12 nm Approved Shoreside Treatment Facility

(or) Discharge to Sea Beyond 12 nm Approved Shoreside Treatment Facility

(or) Land Ash for Shoreside Disposal Landed Ashore for Recycling Landed Ashore to Authorized Waste Management Professionals

Discharge beyond 12 nm with ships speed > 6 knots or land for treatment by shore facility.

CORPORATE POLICY

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. Untreated, discharged beyond 12nm on restrictive itineraries. Treated, discharged beyond 4 nm. Yes

Discharge if beyond 12 nm and effluent < 5 parts per million (ppm) oil.

Incinerate onboard or land for treatment and recycling by shore facility.

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 between 4 - 12 nm on restrictive itineraries, or anywhere for emergencies.

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.

REGULATORY STANDARDS ABOVE & BEYOND COMPLIANCE NOTES

Local Yes

< 15 ppm, discharged while underway. Yes

Land for disposal. Equal

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

U.S. and International Equal

87% of waste stream flow is from cabin showers and sinks.

All liquid waste from the Medical Facility is treated in the black water system.

Shoreside facilities treat the sludge so that it can be used in asphalt or as an alternative fuel source.

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.

nm = nautical miles This poster was printed on recycled paper.