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Captain Uday in TradeWinds: Beaching isn’t the answer to the recycling wave about to crash ashore

Apr 11, 2026

More recycling capacity will be urgently needed in the years ahead, but reverting to old ways by beaching is not the answer.

The next decade will redefine ship recycling. As the industry prepares for an unprecedented surge in end-of-life vessels, the limitations of traditional methods are becoming increasingly clear. In this compelling article, Uday Yellapurkar challenges the status quo arguing that beaching is not the answer to the recycling wave ahead.

At EEC, we agree. We believe the future lies in building modern, controlled, and globally compliant recycling infrastructure capable of meeting both the scale and standards of a rapidly evolving maritime ecosystem.

Read the article in TradeWinds.

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