http://withoutwings.org.uk/2011/11/30/passenger-liners-and-the-environment/ A slow travel journey around the world without flying Sat, 07 Dec 2013 09:20:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://withoutwings.org.uk/2011/11/30/passenger-liners-and-the-environment/comment-page-1/#comment-199 anna Wed, 07 Dec 2011 03:10:31 +0000 http://withoutwings.org.uk/?p=826#comment-199 Hi Helen – very good questions. I think cutting down on the extravagant buffets would be a very good place to start because even the passengers on the ship we travelled on, did not like the amount of food wastage. At 11 pm every night entirely new buffet spreads would be laid out and, more often than not, barely touched before being thrown away. The environmental spotlight is certainly on cruise companies but too many of them use their massive advertising budgets to apply a nice coating of green wash to their brochures and websites. There is still too much disparity between appearance and reality for my liking. Ultimately, I think it is individual countries and ports which can make the real difference by toughening up their laws and taking a more hard line approach when dealing with cruise lines who flout the rules. Alaska and the island of Molokai’i in Hawaii have shown that change can happen, so hopefully others will take inspiration and follow suit… Hi Helen – very good questions. I think cutting down on the extravagant buffets would be a very good place to start because even the passengers on the ship we travelled on, did not like the amount of food wastage. At 11 pm every night entirely new buffet spreads would be laid out and, more often than not, barely touched before being thrown away. The environmental spotlight is certainly on cruise companies but too many of them use their massive advertising budgets to apply a nice coating of green wash to their brochures and websites. There is still too much disparity between appearance and reality for my liking. Ultimately, I think it is individual countries and ports which can make the real difference by toughening up their laws and taking a more hard line approach when dealing with cruise lines who flout the rules. Alaska and the island of Molokai’i in Hawaii have shown that change can happen, so hopefully others will take inspiration and follow suit…

]]> http://withoutwings.org.uk/2011/11/30/passenger-liners-and-the-environment/comment-page-1/#comment-183 Helen Sat, 03 Dec 2011 11:16:42 +0000 http://withoutwings.org.uk/?p=826#comment-183 A fascinating article. I'm glad you managed to get that interview with the Environmental Officer. What do you think could/should be done to stop cruise ships dumping so much waste in the ocean? Reduce the amount of food waste they create in the first place by cutting down on those extravagent buffets? Remove the fees for taking waste to ports to be recycled? It will be interesting to find out how environmentally friendly cargo ships are compared with cruise ships. I'm sure you'll be investigating that on the next leg of your journey! A fascinating article. I’m glad you managed to get that interview with the Environmental Officer. What do you think could/should be done to stop cruise ships dumping so much waste in the ocean? Reduce the amount of food waste they create in the first place by cutting down on those extravagent buffets? Remove the fees for taking waste to ports to be recycled?
It will be interesting to find out how environmentally friendly cargo ships are compared with cruise ships. I’m sure you’ll be investigating that on the next leg of your journey!

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