3 Prevention of Pollution from Garbage
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Statutory Documents - IMO Publications and Documents - Resolutions - Marine Environment Protection Committee - Resolution MEPC.220(63) – 2012 Guidelines for the Development of Garbage Management Plans – (Adopted on 2 March 2012) - Annex – 2012 Guidelines for the Development of Garbage Management Plans For compliance with regulation 10 of the revised MARPOL Annex V - 3 Prevention of Pollution from Garbage

3 Prevention of Pollution from Garbage

  3.1 To achieve cost-effective and environmentally sound results, many garbage management planners use a combination of complementary techniques to manage garbage, such as the following:

  • .1 reduction at source;

  • .2 reusing or recycling;

  • .3 onboard processing (treatment);

  • .4 discharge into the sea in those limited situations where it is permitted; and

  • .5 discharge to a port reception facility.

  3.2 When requisitioning stores and provisions, shipping companies should encourage their suppliers to remove, reduce, all packaging, at an early stage, to limit the generation of garbage on board ships.

  3.3 When garbage is generated aboard a ship, procedures should be defined to enable the crew to sort the material that can be reused onboard the ship or recycled at an appropriate port reception facility.

  3.4 Ship's garbage is made up of distinct components, some of which are regulated in MARPOL Annex V, while others may be regulated locally, nationally or regionally. Each component of the garbage should be evaluated separately to determine the best management practice for that type of garbage.

Parent topic: Annex – 2012 Guidelines for the Development of Garbage Management Plans For compliance with regulation 10 of the revised MARPOL Annex V
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