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Pollution Prevention: Chronology of Navy Ship Waste Processing Equipment Development

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date Aug. 18, 1994
Report No. NSIAD-94-221FS
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Summary:

In 1973, the United States and other maritime nations signed a treaty that regulated the discharge of garbage and other solid wastes from ships. It prohibited the discharge of plastics anywhere at sea and of food, paper, cardboard, metal, and glass near land and in special areas. To implement the treaty, Congress passed legislation in the late 1980s requiring naval vessels to comply with these pollution requirements by December 31, 1993; at the request of the Navy, Congress extended the Navy's compliance to 1998 and beyond. This fact sheet reviews the Navy's response to the treaty and its accompanying legislation. GAO provides information on (1) the two plans that the Navy has proposed so far; (2) the solid waste processing equipment the Navy has developed in accordance with these plans; and (3) the cost of this equipment.

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