Type of garbage |
Ships outside special areas |
Ships within special areas |
Offshore platforms (more than 12nm from land) and all ships within 500m of such platforms |
Food waste comminuted1 or ground |
3nm from the nearest land, en route and as far as practicable |
12nm from the nearest land, en route and as far as practicable |
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Food waste not comminuted or ground |
12nm from the nearest land, en route and as far as practicable |
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Cargo residues1 not contained in wash water |
12nm from the nearest land, en route and as far as practicable |
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Cargo residues2 contained in wash water |
12nm from the nearest land, en route and as far as practicable |
12nm from the nearest land, en route, as far as practicable and subject to two additional conditions3 |
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Cleaning agents and additives1 contained in cargo hold wash water |
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Cleaning agents and additives1 in deck and external surfaces wash water |
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Carcasses of animals carried on board as cargo and which died during the voyage |
Permitted as far from the nearest land as possible and en route |
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All other garbage including plastics, synthetic ropes, fishing gear, plastic garbage bags, incinerator ashes, clinkers, cooking oil, floating dunnage, lining and packing materials, paper, rags, glass, metal, bottles, crockery and similar refuse |
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Mixed garbage |
When garbage is mixed with or contaminated by other substances prohibited from discharge or having different discharge requirements, the more stringent requirements shall apply |