Silversea is a luxury cruise line known for its small, intimate ships that can access exotic ports. It launched its first ship in 1994, creating a new niche for ultra-luxury cruising. Silversea is committed to sustainability and protecting the environment, employing practices that exceed regulations to reduce its impact. It separates waste onboard and has systems to treat water and dispose of garbage responsibly when at sea.

3. Silversea is recognised as the
defining luxury cruise experience.
Silversea launched its first ship in
1994, thus creating a new niche for
the ultra-luxury travel market with a
class of smaller, purpose-built vessels
that could slip into more exotic ports.
At this moment the company owns
seven vessels.

4. These elite and intimate ships are
specifically designed for fewer
guests, featuring more space and the
highest levels of personalised service.

9. Sustainability
 The industry has interest in protecting the
global ocean environment, not only
because it is the responsible thing to do –
but also because clean oceans and
beaches are essential to the cruise
experience. This industry employs
practices and procedures that are
substantially more protective of the
environment than are required by
regulation.

10. significant progress in reducing the
environmental impact was made by
implementing responsible practices
and investing in new technologies.
Much more still has to be done.

11.  Cruise lines all have senior level staff
responsible for environmental
programs, which include among many other
things, compliance with applicable
international, federal and state environmental
regulations. These senior staff members are
also responsible for the
training, oversight, and implementation of
other corporate environmental policies and
practices on board.

12. Silversea statement
Silversea is committed to protecting and
preserving the earth's natural, historic and
cultural treasures. Silversea also has a
profound appreciation and special
dependence on the health of the world's
seas, and is devoted to ensuring the safe
operation of their vessels and maintaining
full compliance with international
environmental regulations.

13. On Board Routines
Training
Evaluation
Inspection

14. Garbage Separation
We separate the garbage into:
 Dry (red container): paper, burnable
 Wet (yellow container): food, flowers etc.
 Bottles/tins (blue container): glass and
metal (tins) – EMPTY
 Plastic (Grey container): plastic bottles, soft
and other hard plastic.

15. Spray bottles
Spray bottles like hair spray etc.
goes into a separate container which
is situated in the housekeeping office.
These pressure cans must be
disposed separate from all other
garbage due to the high pressure in
them.

16. MEDICAL
If we know in advance that guest is a user
of syringes, we will be given a container for
used syringes to be put into the suite. At
the end of the cruise, this container should
be brought to the Medical Center for
disposal together with other medical waste.

17. Recycling Center

18. Waste from a cruise ship is separated
into recyclable categories
(paper, plastic, glass, china, food, etc)
and stored for removal to land. Non-
recyclable solids (biological and
chemical waste) are quarantined and
stored for removal to land.

19. Liquid waste is separated and treated
differently. Grey water (showers and
sinks) is treated and stored for
emergency water provision, the rest is
dumped. Black water (toilet and
biological water) is treated and stored
for land removal. Sludge
(chemicals, oil and machine waste) is
also saved for land removal.

20. Water Treatment Facility

21. Maritime law allows some dumping of
garbage while at a certain distance
from land, but most cruise lines have
recently adopted voluntary policies
that are stricter than maritime law.
Most cruise lines will only dump food
and grey water at least 12 miles from
land.

22. The vessel garbage management
system has two elements: the vessel
and the port, which is the transfer
point to the landside solid waste
management system.

23. In general, vessels operate within and
receive services from specific types of
terminals. Just as vessels differ, so do
terminals. Recreational boats use
marinas, private docks, and launch
ramps, while fishing vessels use
fishing piers and terminals.

24. Water desalination
 All ships have a water desalination plant on
board. The desalinator takes salt water from
the sea and removed the salt and other
impurities from it.
 In some cases they actually have 3 water
systems on ships. One for pure fresh drinking
quality water, another for water for the toilet
systems onship, and a third for use for
cleaning the ship and doing laundry.

25. Sea water intake (sea chest)