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Bilge dumping: Illegal pollution you've never heard of

April 28, 2022

The very vessels that ship many of the items we buy in store or online — furniture, car parts, even our underwear — are guilty of polluting the world's oceans with oily wastewater. A DW investigation reveals how seafarers circumvent environmental laws to save time and money, with devastating effects for ocean ecosystems.

https://p.dw.com/p/4AYpY