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                                              Integrated Waste Management Plan



                                              Cruise ships carry thousands of  reuse and recovery of materials on board.                        food waste, the Company collects all  local  rules  and  regulations  diff er  from        6.7
                                              passengers at a time and are essentially  Details of this policy, which is inspired by            waste on board separately and plans to  place to place. In order to mitigate the
                                              fl oating  hotels,  with  all  the  amenities  the concept of the circular economy, can            increase the number of diff erent waste  associated impacts, especially where local        LITERS TOTAL WASTE
                                              that accompany them, plus they have the  be found in our  Waste Management                        streams.  As regards the management  requirements are not very stringent in               PER PERSON PER DAY
                                              additional constraints associated with  Plan.                                                     of hazardous and toxic materials, Costa  this regard, and so as to continue ashore
                                              travel by sea; it follows that the waste  It is gradually becoming a cornerstone of               Cruises works at the source in order  the eco-friendly policy implemented on
          9  More specifi cally, Annex V revised 2013.
                                              produced on board must be managed  Costa’s business model for sustainable                         to reduce as far as possible the use of  board, Costa does its utmost to use port         -9.5%
                                              very carefully. Costa Cruises’ approach  development. In addition to complying                    chemicals, replacing them with non-toxic  reception facilities that will guarantee
                                              is designed to minimize the amounts of  with       the    international   MARPOL                  products.                                   segregated  waste  disposal  and  recycle     YEAR-ON-YEAR
                                              the  diff erent  types  of  waste  generated,   Convention , which only permits the                Not all the ports of call apply the same  the materials discharged from its ships.        DECREASE
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                                              as far as possible, and to implement the  discharge at sea of certain categories of               policy concerning separate collection
                                              standardized management of recycling,  waste such  as wastewater  and ground                      and disposal of waste streams, and




    THE SHIPBOARD WASTE CYCLE




                                               SEPARATE COLLECTION
                                               AND PROCESSING
            REDUCTION                          OF WASTE STREAMS                      DISPOSAL                                                                           RECYCLING (WHERE POSSIBLE)          REUSE ON BOARD                       RECOVERY


       Greater effi ciency and responsible  Separate collection of waste       Disposal to shore reception                                                         Temporary storage in port facilities  Storage containers (e.g. metal    Donation to local associations
       consumption in the production      streams on board according to       facilities.                                                                         of material intended for recycling.  drums, containers for transport of   of goods and materials that are
       processes (hotel, restaurants, bars,  a process of categorization .                                                                                                                            dangerous goods, jute bags).        replaced on board but still usable.
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       etc.).                             Maximization of the amount of       Selection of ports with suitable                                                    Joint efforts with ports of call and                                    Lengthening of product life cycles
                                          waste sent for recycling.           facilities for recycling the materials                                              establishment of partnerships                                           with benefi ts for the community.
       Reduction in packaging (on board                                       discharged from ships.                                                              with local organizations and
       and in the supply chain).          Separate bins with collection                                                                                           consortiums.
                                          points throughout the ship.
       Raising awareness of guests        Passengers and crew actively
       and crew regarding responsible     involved in helping to recycle
       consumption.                       waste properly.
                                          Grinding (organic material).

                                          Crushing and compacting (plastic,
                                          glass, metal and aluminum).

                                          Incineration (domestic waste and
                                          oily rags).







                                          10  Waste is categorized according to the classifi cation laid down in the international MARPOL
                                          Convention for the prevention of pollution from ships.  For more information see the GRI
                                          SECTION table.
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