There is NO way that consumers are going to make any difference whatsoever with recycling when we have waste of this magnitude. We’re doomed.

I believe cruise ships to be a detriment to the planet on any level. This is hideous.

I can't agree with you more. Hideous is right.

My advice: don’t go on cruises. Instead take walking tours. It’s howling in the wind, I know, but …

I've personally never taken a cruise, they've never held any interest for me. I'd rather have more freedom to explore on my own when I'm in a foreign place.

Those are ship breaking yards, the only reason they are there is to have their steel recycled. The main complaint shouldn't be the waste per se but the unsafe working conditions, and poor pay those workers endure.

Some ships have “adopted” social charity organizations in less affluent countries. Lightly used stuff is replaced periodically, the older stuff is cleaned and gets moved to orphanages and shelters. One Royal Carib ship donates play-equipment to an orphanage in Santo Domingo.

Where is this abhorrent graveyard?

It looks like the ships in this specific video are Carnival Cruise Liners. That is an American company out of Florida. Not sure if they're destroying American water/shorelines, or if they've dumped them on another country to deal with. I would say that every company has one.

Indeed, but it’s better we make an effort, I would rather not just throw our hands up.

Everything for those ships will be scrap metal or recycled materials. Any wood my be reused or used to fire wood as far as I can think of. But could be used for local housing like flooring or decking.