CRUISE WASTE IS IN BAD TASTE

More cruise ships are coming to Charleston, SC....67 here this year up from 33 last year….

Did you know that…

Ships idle in our port, burning dirty bunker fuel, with pollution in one day equivalent to 12,000 cars?

Sewage, untreated graywater, trash, and incinerator ash can be dumped within 3 miles of our shore, with no monitoring?

If our city received per passenger fees like other port cities, we could have over $1.3 million to help defray infrastructure costs, like crowd and litter control, and wear-and-tear on the city’s resources?

What does this mean for our health, our resources, our city, and our quality of life?  What impact will there be on our historic built environment?

Come learn more about these issues from the foremost cruise experts on the continent, and a range of options available to minimize the negative impacts and ensure the best safeguards from cruise ships visiting our city.

Wednesday, March 31

6:00-8:00pm

Francis Marion Hotel

Carolina Ballroom

387 King Street, Charleston, SC 29401

It’s about balance.

Sponsored by:

Coastal Conservation League

cleansupPORT.info

Preservation Society of Charleston

Committee to Save the City

The Preservation Society has not taken an official position on this issue.  The Society is participating in the education forum to learn the facts about the cruise industry’s potential impact on Charleston, in order to make a rational decision on what regulations, if any, need to be implemented to effectively manage this aspect of tourism in the city.