4.4 Procedures for storing garbage or reusable or recyclable material
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4.4 Procedures for storing garbage or reusable or recyclable material

  4.4.1 Identify the locations, the intended use, and the capacities of available storage stations for each category of garbage or reusable or recyclable material.

  4.4.2 Describe the condition of how the garbage will be stored (for example, "food – frozen"; "cans – compacted and stacked"; "paper – compacted and should remain dry", etc.).

  4.4.3 Describe how garbage, including reusable and recyclable material, is to be handled between storage stations and discharge with regard to the following:

  • .1 discharge to reception facilities, taking into account available recycling arrangements; and

  • .2 discharge into the sea in those limited situations where it is allowed.

  4.4.4 Describe the training or education programmes to facilitate the storing of garbage and options for reusing and recycling components of the waste stream.


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