JUSTIFICATION FOR THE EXPEDIENCY OF SHIP RECYCLING

Abstract

The decision of a ship recycling is usually made only on the basis of economic considerations – the possibility of selling materials and equipment for reuse. But the actual damage to the environment is not estimated, as from a disposition (emissions from cutting and storage of waste which is not a subject to further use and processing) and the ship storage on the certain territory which is either a coastline or a section of backwater, and which in most cases is not designed for this. The article considers the approach allowing to estimate the environmental effect of cutting up a ship, in comparison with its storage in a conditionally unlimited time interval. An unambiguous conclusion was obtained about the effectiveness of this type of treatment of the ship as waste. The method for determining a certain conditional time for making a decision on the method and place of recycling, applicable to a ship that is in an unsuitable technical condition is proposed.