Ships with Asbestos need to be recycled with far more caution
Continuous exposure to asbestos can cause problems not just to the marine life forms but also to the people aboard the ship. Asbestos has been banned from being used in ships from the past three decades. But the ships in which asbestos had been used initially need to be recycled
Green Ship Recycling
With the rise in awareness towards maritime environment, there have been several changes in the process of ship breaking, which have given rise to a new term – GREEN SHIP RECYCLING
GEPIL is having the following facilities for the ship breaking industry at the facility
1. Intermediate storage & segregation facility
2. Environmental Laboratory
3. Bilge Treatment Plant
4. Computerized wastes tracking system
5. Incineration facility
2. Environmental Laboratory
3. Bilge Treatment Plant
4. Computerized wastes tracking system
5. Incineration facility
There are several reasons why Green Ship Recycling is important :
- To isolate those parts of the ship which are harmful and dangerous to both marine and human lives
- To conserve marine ecosystem by proper discarding ship breaking waste
- Reusing those parts of the ship that are important and can be re-used success fully while making new ships, thus saving resources
- To benefit the ship owner by optimum utility of the ship’s parts