05-19-2009, 08:57 AM
You know what was interesting, while in the Coast Guard we had to conserve water. So we would use plastic forks , spoons, knives, plates, etc for most meals (at least 5 meals a day) during weeks at a time...
On top of that, we had TONS is soda cans etc. But we did not recycle and the cans went straight into the garbage...
Then, when hit 50 nautical miles away from land, guess what, the garbage went over the side and into the ocean! No filtering, no recycling, no nothing...Standard procedure for my ship...
And to top that off, we would dump "grey water" over the side also. Now grey water is everything and anything BUT toilet water/waste...This was dish water, shower water, and sink water...Same thing, over the side, no filtration...
This was still going on last time I was in. And mind you my time in the CG was from 1999-2004...
On top of that, we had TONS is soda cans etc. But we did not recycle and the cans went straight into the garbage...
Then, when hit 50 nautical miles away from land, guess what, the garbage went over the side and into the ocean! No filtering, no recycling, no nothing...Standard procedure for my ship...
And to top that off, we would dump "grey water" over the side also. Now grey water is everything and anything BUT toilet water/waste...This was dish water, shower water, and sink water...Same thing, over the side, no filtration...
This was still going on last time I was in. And mind you my time in the CG was from 1999-2004...