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80 RECOMMENDATIONS
3.3.3 Management
3.3.3.1 Waste Management
Target group: All barges
RECOMMENDATION
Member Countries should develop a waste management system for handling waste from vessels.
Challenge
The purpose of waste-management plans for ship-generated waste and reception facilities is to reduce
and eliminate illegal dumping of wastes into the river and so prevent pollution. Unsatisfactory waste
handling and/or illegal dumping takes place due to inefficient or no waste-management operations and
a lack of control and recovery systems.
Ship-generated waste means bilge water, domestic and operational waste and cargo-associated
waste. The development and implementation of waste-management plans in ports presents the most
effective means of minimising and avoiding the potential consequences of operational and illegal
discharge of oil and garbage from ships on the aquatic environment. A port waste-management plan
should describe the waste streams and handling routines and provide clear instructions for port users.
Waste-reception facilities in Member Countries are limited. These facilities
Figure 16: Wastes Generated Onboard Cargo Vessel (Source: INE WANDA)
should be standard, operational and readily accessible. The cost of disposing bilge water and other
wastes ashore should be low as additional costs that are too expensive for the shipowner or operator
will result in illegal disposal. Records should be made in an oil record book and eventually a cargo
record book (in case of cargo residues) that can be inspected by the designated authority.