🔍 Key Concepts

• MARPOL Annex V garbage discharge rules • Special rules for fixed or floating platforms (including drilling rigs) near land • Distance required from the nearest land for any garbage discharge

💭 Think About

• What special, stricter limits apply to platforms within a certain number of nautical miles from land? • Do the rules treat food waste differently from paper and plastics near offshore platforms? • Is there a minimum distance from land for any garbage discharge from platforms, and is 10 NM inside or outside that limit?

✅ Before You Answer

• Verify the exact MARPOL Annex V distance limit (in nautical miles from nearest land) for platforms before any garbage may be discharged • Confirm whether paper counts as garbage that is always prohibited from platforms regardless of distance to land • Check if food waste has an exception only when beyond a specific distance from land, and whether grinding it changes that distance requirement