There was a revolution at IMO Headquarters in July 2011 – and few noticed. While all the attention was focused on greenhouse gas issues… ...

2.1 the discharge of any garbage from a ship within Hong Kong waters is prohibited except cargo hold, ... certified to carry 15 or more persons must have onboard a Garbage Management Plan (GMP).

“Cruise ship waste management professionals recycle 60 per cent more waste per person than the average person recycles on shore each day. ... as part of an overall environmental compliance plan.

If the plan goes through, more than 1,000 tons of solid waste from San Francisco will arrive in a Vacaville landfill every day. San Francisco's trash currently goes to a landfill in Alameda County ...

Hawaiian Waste Systems would ship the trash to the Port of Longview, about 40 miles north of Portland. City officials are opposing the plan, because the city would lose control of the flow of ...

After three years of behind-the-scenes planning, trash hauler LRS scraps an idea to send waste down to Central Illinois from the Sanitary and Ship Canal.