Vessels continue to pollute the world's oceans with oily wastewater. A DW investigation shows how seafarers circumvent environmental laws to save time and money, with devastating effects.

Investigation by: Naomi Conrad, Max Bernhard, Julia Bayer, Nina Werkhäuser
Video by: Christian Caurla
3D animations by: Martyna Marciniak
Supervising editors: Joanna Gottschalk, Malte Rohwer-Kahlmann, Kiyo Dörrer
Joint collaboration with Lighthouse reports and IRPI, Expresso, El Diario, BIRN, Libertatae, Trow, The Guardian & Jutarnji List

We're destroying our environment at an alarming rate. But it doesn't need to be this way. Our channel explores the shift towards an eco-friendly world — and challenges our ideas about what dealing with climate change means. We look at the big and the small: What we can do and how the system needs to change. Every Friday we'll take a truly global look at how to get us out of this mess.

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Read more:

DW investigation - https://www.dw.com/en/exclusive-cargo...

Skytruth satellite images - https://skytruth.org/bilge/

Environmental impact - https://wwf.ca/wp-content/uploads/202...

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:15 What is bilge dumping
01:56 Environmental impact
02:40 Satellite investigation
06:35 Coastguard inspection
08:39 Whistleblowers
10:23 Conclusion