The amount of garbage washing up on the islands from cruise ships has decreased significantly over the last 15 years, said Allen Chastanet, a former chairman of the Caribbean Tourism Organization.

Under the current Caribbean regulations, ships can begin dumping garbage, including metal, glass and paper, three miles from shore as long as it is ground to less than an inch. Almost anything but ...

A new study suggests garbage dumped off ships is the source of plastic trash washing up on a remote, uninhabited island in the South Atlantic. (Mike Hutchings/Reuters) Social Sharing.

Slat is the CEO of a company called The Ocean Cleanup. Six years ago, the company sent two ships out to the garbage patch in an effort to develop technology to clean it up for good.

2.2 a ship of 12 metres or more in length overall must display a Garbage Discharge Placard (GDP) onboard to notify crew and passengers of the garbage discharge requirements. 2.3 A ship which is ...

Six years ago, two ships were sent out to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in an effort to develop technology to clean it up for good. On Friday, those same two ships returned to San Francisco Bay.