Environment Articles
In an epoch where the sea whispers of sustainability and the wind beckons towards green horizons, the Royal Yachting Association Green Blue University Sailing Sustainability Challenge stands as a beacon of environmental responsibility. Sponsored by the esteemed Royal Thames Yacht Club, this challenge shores up from the bustling universities of the UK, inspiring students towards eco-friendly sailing practices. Championed by the RYA’s Green Blue initiative, the challenge celebrates university sailing environments that ingeniously intertwine day-to-day activities with sustainable measures.
The competition, running until February, gears towards a grand crescendo at the British Universities Sailing Association (BUSA) Championships where the winners will be applauded at a dedicated awards ceremony. Clubs participating in the challenge take up the mantle of sustainability across eight vital domains including water quality enhancement, biodiversity protection, engagement of young sailors, positive change advocacy, and event environmental sustainability.
Now to some, the mention of human waste might not paint the most glamorous picture of superyacht life. But let’s talk numbers. Imagine 12 guests and 20 crew members, each generating around 200 grams of excreta daily for three months during the summer. The result? A staggering 600-1,000kg of waste, and possibly, more. Maintaining the balance in the tank levels and planning pump-outs ashore is no child’s play. Making final arrangements for offloading the waste certainly doesn’t top any engineer’s checklist!
Thankfully, a proven innovator like Evac Group has stepped in to upend this state of affairs. The company’s newest offering, the ‘Dehydro’ system, harnesses dehydration technology to reduce the wet human waste by approximately 80%. This convertion into a sterile dry powder negates the need for further treatment and abets the offloading process, making waste management notably simpler and more cost-effective.