(Q)So it would be alright to dispose of old loaves and their bags?
(a)No, the bags are made from plastic and plastic is totally banned from being disposed of into any sea (Tip, recycle the bags)

(Q)What is totally banned from being disposed of into the sea?
(a)Plastics or any substances that is dangerous to the marine enviroment

(Q)What do you do with your oily bilge water?
(a)Pump it into a sludge tank then once ashore pump it into a holding tank on the pier

(Q)What would you do if there was no holding tank on the pier?
(a)Contact the port authorities

(Q)They say they have no holding tanks to give you to put your sludge into, what are you going to do now?
(a)Make a report and send it to the M.C.A. in Southampton and they will contact the Port Authorites to make sure they have facilities for this situation

(Q)If your bilges are full of oily bilge water, what danger's do you have with going to sea in this vessel?
(a)Main danger is capsize with this amount of F.S.E. (Free Surface Effect) (Your vessel will be really unstable) another is fire, if the oil on top of the water gets near any electical sorce you will start a major fire and you'll have a hard time to put this one out

(Q)What are you going to do with your old ropes/wires/old oil/filters or any garbage?
(a)Ropes/wires/garbage (As long as the garbage is safe) into a skip on the pier, inform the port authorites for the oil and filters

(Q)What are you going to do with an old starter battery?
(a)Contact the port authorites and they will dispose of it safely (don't you dare leave this on the pier unguarded, some child might put their hand into the acid)

(Q)What would you do with any other chemicals you had to dispose of?
(a)Contact the Port Authorities and they will dispose of it safely (They will need to know what kind of chemicals it is so it does not re-act against other chemicals

(Q)What is the procedure if you've had an oil spill at sea?
(a)Get in contact with the Coastguard who have an oil spill emergency vessels (They patrol the seas around Britain test for oil spills and they have the technology to clean it up)

(Q)What do you have to display in your vessel for your crew regarding pollution?
(a)Placards displaying what can and cannot be disposed of into the sea, it also shows what distance off the coast (M.C.A. calls them SEA - SENSE Placards)

(Q)What is the name of the documents to fill out for oil-spills/for the amount of sludge you have in your sludge tank/last time you emptied your sludge tank/when you clean out any fuel tanks/the cleaning water you disposed of from your fuel tank/every time you pump your bilges?
(a)Oil Record book for vessels over 400grt, vessels below this weight can use a notepad

(Q)Every vessel over 400grt must carry a GARBAGE MANAGEMENT PLAN, and a GARBAGE RECORD BOOK, but when would you use these?
(a)The GARBAGE MANAGEMENT PLAN is so that the crew know what garbage is to be placed into which container (Sugar Bags) Certain garbages have to be able to breathe such as food waste, it can build up a methane gas (Highly Explosive), it is also used for uplifting the containers to be placed ashore so personnel ashore knows what is in which container

The GARBAGE RECORD BOOK is a record of making sure everyone complies with the rules for the garbage that is being disposed of

Garbage falls into the following catogries

(1) Plastic

(2) Dunnage (wood)

(3) Paper-products/rags/glass/metal/bottles/crockery

(4) Food wastes

(5) Incinerator ash