| http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29415019/ - SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Miles from shore in
the open Caribbean Sea, cruise ships are dumping ground-up glass, rags
and cardboard packaging. But vessels in other waters such as the Baltic
and North seas are prohibited from throwing any solid waste overboard
other than food scraps. The
difference? Many countries with coastlines on the world's most fragile
seas abide by a United Nations dumping ban that requires them to treat
ship-generated garbage on land. Caribbean islands, however, have yet to
adopt the ban, saying they simply don't have the capacity to treat ship
garbage on shore. They also fear the ban could push ships to dock in
less-regulated ports of call.
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