Pollution Prevention: Chronology of Navy Ship Waste Processing Equipment
Development (Fact Sheet, 08/18/94, GAO/NSIAD-94-221FS).

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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 REPORTNUM:  NSIAD-94-221FS
     TITLE:  Pollution Prevention: Chronology of Navy Ship Waste 
             Processing Equipment Development
      DATE:  08/18/94
   SUBJECT:  Waste disposal
             Future budget projections
             Military vessels
             Military cost control
             Recycling
             Navy procurement
             Equipment contracts
             Solid waste management
             Pollution control
             Research and development costs
IDENTIFIER:  Navy Shipboard Solid and Plastics Waste Management Program
             
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