Cruise Ships Have Been Caught Dumping Tons of Waste Into the Ocean

Where does the human waste go when you’re on a ship and out at the ocean, you might ask? Well, it goes exactly where you probably expected it to go: out into the ocean. Cruise ships simply dump waste when they are around 12 miles from sure. Of course, they are required to treat it first, but it still isn’t great for the environment. Not all countries have the same laws either.

This means that sometimes cruise ships will discharge waste when they’re nearer a country with more lax laws, such was the case recently when Canadians complained about U.S. cruise ships dumping near British Columbia.