. ▁The ▁crew ▁refused ▁to ▁comment ▁but ▁eventually ▁the ▁ship ' s ▁captain ▁admitted ▁that ▁they ▁had ▁dump ed ▁the ▁remaining ▁ 1 0 , 0 0 0 ▁tons ▁of ▁the ▁waste ▁into ▁the ▁Atlantic ▁and ▁Indian ▁O ce ans . ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 3 , ▁two ▁own ers ▁of ▁Coast al ▁Car rier ▁were ▁conv icted ▁of ▁per j ury , ▁having ▁ordered ▁the ▁dump ing . ▁ ▁Over ▁the ▁years , ▁various ▁attempts ▁to ▁return ▁the ▁ash ▁dump ed ▁in ▁H ait i ▁failed . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 7 , ▁New ▁York ▁City ▁Trade ▁W aste ▁Commission ▁investig ated ▁Eastern ▁Environment al ▁Services ▁whose ▁owner ▁was ▁part ▁of ▁Joseph ▁Pa ol ino ▁and ▁S ons . ▁They ▁agreed ▁to ▁give ▁the ▁company ▁a ▁license ▁to ▁operate ▁in ▁New ▁York ▁City ▁in ▁condition ▁that ▁it ▁would ▁contribute ▁to ▁the ▁clean up ▁in ▁H ait i . ▁Eastern ▁Environment al ▁Services ▁agreed ▁to ▁take ▁the ▁waste ▁back . ▁ ▁Green pe ace ▁and ▁H ait ian ▁environmental ▁groups ▁launched ▁a ▁" Project ▁Return ▁to ▁S ender " ▁to ▁lo bb y ▁for ▁funds . ▁City ▁of ▁Philadelphia ▁contributed ▁$ 5 0 , 0 0 0 . ▁ ▁In ▁April ▁ 2 0 0 0 , ▁W aste ▁Management ▁Inc . ▁in ▁H ait i ▁loaded ▁ 2 , 5 0 0 ▁tons ▁of ▁ash ▁and ▁cont amin ated ▁soil ▁onto ▁the ▁bar ge ▁Santa ▁Lu cia ▁and ▁sh ipped ▁it ▁to ▁Florida , ▁where ▁the ▁bar ge ▁was