Are you Sailing Away into the Sunset from the Impact of your Carbon Footprint?

One of the lesser known facts about the cruise industry is that your average cruise holiday is one of the most environmentally damaging types of holiday you take.
By: Oliver Warnes
 
April 1, 2011 - PRLog -- One of the lesser known facts about the cruise industry is that your average cruise holiday is one of the most environmentally damaging types of holiday you take. That is not to say cruise companies are not committed to reducing their impact however. A quote from CLIA says that "member cruise lines are committed to preserving and protecting the environment".

Cruise Line Cunard have reported extensive growth in cruise passengers from the UK. Numbers are likely to top 2 million per annum by 2012. Cruising is big business. Cruise ships carry thousands of people at a time, to some of the most exotic locations in the world.

The problem with this type of holiday is that cruising generates more CO2 and waste per holiday maker and is still one of the worst for the environment.

According to Climate Care, a ship such as Queen Mary 2 emits 0.43kg of CO2 per passenger mile which means that compared with 0.257kg for a long-haul flight cruising has a long way to go to improve its environmental reputation. CO2 is not the only issue. According to the United Nations Environment Programme Division of Technology, Industry, and Economics - per week a cruise ship generates more than:

50 tonnes of garbage
1 million tonnes of waste water
210,000 gallons of sewage
35,000 gallons of oil-contaminated water

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