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Managing Marine Waste Disposal

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The earliest maritime civilisations recognised the relative ease of disposing of wastes at sea. However, it was the rapid industrialisation and urbanisation of the nineteenth century and associated concerns over sanitation and health issues, which saw the development of sewage collection systems on a vast scale1, and which established the offshore disposal route as a bone fideoption for modern society. Although this view has been contested recently and the offshore route for many types and methods of disposal has been gradually eliminated, marine waste disposal, associated with the increasing littoralisation of the world’s population, still remains a significant issue. Persistent problems associated with land-based sources of pollution, along with other issues including the over-exploitation of coastal resources, continue to degrade the global marine environment.2At the start of a new Millennium it is timely to review marine waste disposal and assess the factors which may influence its application and impact on the marine environment and future generations.

“The sea washes way all the ills of men.”

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Ballinger, R.C. (2004). Managing Marine Waste Disposal. In: Smith, H.D. (eds) The Oceans: Key Issues in Marine Affairs. The GeoJournal Library, vol 78. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-2780-2_10

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