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Clean Ships, Clean Ports, Clean Oceans Controlling Garbage and Plastic Wastes at Sea (1995) / Chapter Skim
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... This 5year beach monitoring pilot program by the National Park Service, which focused on different beaches and employed a different methodology than did CMC, indicated that plastics consistently make up about 90 percent of debris items (Cole et al., 1992~. It is important to recognize that, while beach litter may convince the public that marine debris is a problem, the condition of beaches does not necessarily reflect garbage disposal practices on vessels.
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... When the "3day/20-day" rule was adopted, dramatic amounts of material piled up on Navy ships, destined for shoreside reception facilities. This simple procedural shift is believed to have reduced overboard discharges of plastic by 70 percent (shitty, 1989)
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