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Stop Cruise Ship Pollution
- Target: Richard Fain, CEO, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines
- Sponsored by: Oceana
STOP CRUISE SHIP POLLUTION
Alarming but TRUE, every day Royal Caribbean ships dump sewage in the ocean.
Every day, Royal Caribbean cruise ships dump millions of gallons of inadequately treated sewage and untreated wastewater into the ocean. This pollution is preventable. Affordable technology exists to correct the problem yet all but 3 Royal Caribbean ships lack the proper technology.
Sewage carries bacteria and viruses that are harmful to human health, and can also sicken and kill marine life, including corals. Fecal coliform from sewage is a type of bacteria that has closed beaches and contaminated shellfish! Gray water from showers, sinks, floor drains and beauty salons can contain fecal waste and toxic chemicals and is dumped into the ocean untreated.
AND, there's the ILLEGAL dumping: From 1993 to 1998, cruise ships were involved in 87 confirmed cases of illegal discharges of oil, garbage and hazardous wastes into U.S. waters. In 1998 and 1999 Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. was fined more than $26 million for fleet wide practices of discharging oil-contaminated waste, regularly and routinely discharging without a permit wastewater contaminated by pollutants, and making false statements to the Coast Guard.
Will you get on board before they make these important changes?
Tell Royal Caribbean and its subsidiary, Celebrity Cruises, to stop polluting! Pledge not to take a cruise until the company agrees to upgrade its entire fleet with advanced wastewater treatment technology and submits to independent, third-party monitoring and testing to protect our oceans.
Dear Mr. Fain,
I am asking you to upgrade the sewage treatment facilities on Royal Caribbean and Celebrity Cruises and allow independent, third-party monitoring and testing of their waste treatment. It’s crazy that a company like yours which makes money on “getting people out there” to pristine and beautiful ocean environments also dumps in those same areas just to save a few more bucks.
Only 3 of Royal Caribbean’s 26 ships have advanced wastewater treatment to adequately treat sewage and wastewater. The majority of your ships use technology that has been shown in testing to be grossly inadequate. State-of-the-art technology is available and Royal Caribbean could upgrade its entire fleet over 5 years for less than 3% of what you spend on marketing!
I pledge not to take a cruise on Royal Caribbean or Celebrity until the company agrees to upgrade its entire fleet with advanced wastewater treatment technology and submit to independent, third-party monitoring to protect our oceans.
Sincerely,
I am asking you to upgrade the sewage treatment facilities on Royal Caribbean and Celebrity Cruises and allow independent, third-party monitoring and testing of their waste treatment. It’s crazy that a company like yours which makes money on “getting people out there” to pristine and beautiful ocean environments also dumps in those same areas just to save a few more bucks.
Only 3 of Royal Caribbean’s 26 ships have advanced wastewater treatment to adequately treat sewage and wastewater. The majority of your ships use technology that has been shown in testing to be grossly inadequate. State-of-the-art technology is available and Royal Caribbean could upgrade its entire fleet over 5 years for less than 3% of what you spend on marketing!
I pledge not to take a cruise on Royal Caribbean or Celebrity until the company agrees to upgrade its entire fleet with advanced wastewater treatment technology and submit to independent, third-party monitoring to protect our oceans.
Sincerely,
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