Green Sea Research Paper

7 Ocean -Friendly Eco Cruises Hitting the High Seas On a traditional ship when it comes down to the fuel it can be greater than an airplane and that is ridiculous. Typical cruise ship with 3 thousand passengers would generate, 1 million gallons of gray water, 210,000 gallons of sewage, 25000 gallons of oily bilge water, 100 gallons of hazardous or toxic waste, 50 tons of garbage and solid waste, and diesel exhaust emissions. This would all equal to a thousand of cars on the highway and this is only one ship for a cruise line (treehugger). The government has set a standard to help with the environment for cleaner burning fuels, to help save money on fuel and energy cost in the long run. The first ship to go green will be the Holland America …show more content…
Disney Cruise Lines the 8,000 gallons of fuel, all staff from the resort and cruise lines are involved to help improve the environment ideas for the company. Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines to save fuel they would shut off the engine during the winter months because winter will demand less air condition, when it came down to waste they would decide on nothing goes overboard, by reducing waste they would have to eliminate the disposable utensils by buying in bulks, they also use the towel reuse program system (treehugger). Lindblad expeditions they have a strict environmental standard that they would local food depending on the location of the boat since it is small of 148 passengers. Norwegian cruise lines make sure when the water is leaving the ship that no toxins are sending off. Costa cruise line the first green cruise line of Europe was the first to get a green star notation of environmental award in 2005, properly disposing of all the refuse and to provide an environmental education for staff and guest, they have 15 ship in all