Cruise ships are truly massive. They have a huge amount of staff and hold many tourists. Because of all this, they can then generate a huge amount of waste products, and they then don’t know what to do with it?

Well many of them do dispose of their waste when they get back to port, sensibly and cleanly. Many however have been dumping their waste in the sea. All of the waste being produced by these monsters are too much for them to hold, they now have to dump it in the ocean. This “dumping” is unacceptable if we want to keep the oceans in clean areas like the Caribbean clean. About five years ago they generated around 30,000 gallons of sewage per day. However today there isn’t a study out that shows us what the output of these ships is.

However this isn’t the main problem. It is difficult to say what the worst problem is that these cruise liners produce, bu they create a massive amount or air pollution. They all have high burning Diesel Engines; all of them create massive amounts of deadly toxins that float up into the atmosphere. Over a 10 year period from 1991 to 2001 the amount of cruises bought just in the UK rose from 193,000 to 776,000. These numbers will continue to rise, there will be no telling how many people go on a cruise in twenty years time. St Lucia holidays have become very popular, the St Lucian government has even banned some cruise liners from entering its waters.

One thing is for sure though, either we find a new way to power these Cruise ships or we are going to have to forget about them altogether. If you’re thinking of going on Barbados holidays or having weddings abroad, then think quickly before the Caribbean is just another victim of pollution. It then becomes apparent how quickly we are damaging all of these surrounding areas.