Wednesday 23 September 2015

The effect of the cruise industry on the world's oceans

Watch a Cruise Ship Pollute as Much as 13 Million Cars—in One Day

The industry is growing, and so is the environmental damage to the world's oceans




The cruise industry markets its ocean voyages as a chance for vacationers to “return to the sea” and forget their troubles onshore.

But keeping 5,000 people afloat, fat, and happy comes with hidden environmental costs.

The 16 major cruise lines plying the waters today generated more than 1 billion gallons of sewage in 2014. Thanks to lax laws, ships can dump that sewage straight into international waters—polluting the pristine ocean near cruise destination hot spots.

This year, the industry is expecting a record 23 million passengers to hit the high seas—meaning the problem isn’t going away anytime soon.






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