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article published in H2O magazine by Mohammed Habbib
 
Egypt is home to some of the most spectacular coral reefs and marine life in the world. The thousands of foreign tourists that vistit the Red Sea every year prodce so much solid waste that its removal is now considered as a major issue that needs strategic planning and proper management.
have a look at the wast which is generated by the kitchens aboadr the daily and safari boats that operate in the Red Sea. We can categorize this waste into organic ( food left overs) and non organic like bottles, cans, glasses and plastic bags.
Based on a study that was undertakenrecently by the red Sea Associatin this is a summary of waste that is generated from daily and safari boats:

	per day	per week	working time	per year
safari boat	2 big plastic bags	12 bags	45 trips	540 bags
daily boat	1/2 plastic bag	3 bags	9 months	125 bags
snorkel trip	1/2 plastic bag	3 bags	250 days	125 bags

Now after looking what could be generated by ONE boat, please try to imagine the amount of solid waste thta is generated by 172 safari and 422 daily boats which are actual figures of the red Sea Association's members.

This is 145.000 big plastic bags per year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(source H2O magazine - Official Publication of the Red Sea Association)