Interesting fact...
Waste and recycling
There are two locations within the marina for disposing of domestic refuse: the compound in the centre of the car park and the waste containers on the pontoons in the visitor area.
All waste collected at the marina is put through the Isle of Wight’s Resource Recovery Facility. This new system separates out metal for recycling and extracts all the combustible elements (paper, plastic film, plastic bags, polystyrene, and other packaging wastes) for conversion into fuel. This is then used to generate electricity for around 3,000 homes on the island. Visit the Island Waste site for more information.
The only recyclable materials that cannot be collected through this scheme are glass and cardboard. Separate bins for recycling glass bottles and cardboard can be found in the compound in the car park.
There are also facilities for disposing of waste oil.
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Holding Tank pumpout facilities
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Port waste
East Cowes Marina has a detailed waste management plan. Among other areas, we fully conform with legislation on the disposal of catering waste from non EU countries. So if you have food waste from outside of the EU, please declare it and we will provide a seperate refuse bin (which will then go off seperately for inceration or be put in a very deep hole!).
Please do not throw your rubbish overboard
We would be most grateful if you could make use of one of our refuse compounds.