21/02/2026
Five brutal facts about cruise liners:
- 80,000 litres of raw sewage per ship, per day on average. Some report up to 280,000 litres daily.
Source: US EPA.
- 643,000 litres of greywater per day from showers, sinks, laundries and kitchens.
Source: US EPA.
- 5,000 to 20,000 litres of oily bilge water every 24 hours from a single cruise ship.
Source: EPA Alaska data.
- About 1 metric tonne of garbage per day from a ship carrying roughly 3,300 people.
Source: US EPA solid waste assessment.
- $40 million fine for Princess Cruises (Carnival) for illegal oil dumping and falsified pollution records.
Source: US Department of Justice.
