Improving Military Solid Waste Management: Economic And Environmental Benefits - Department of Defense

Abstract

Local governments consider solid waste a major urban problem, but, with diminishing natural resources and increasing land and disposal costs, alternative uses for solid waste make it potentially valuable to the Nation. Resource recovery legislation requires Federal agencies to comply with all Federal, State, and local laws. The Department of Defense and other Federal agencies are responsible for annual disposal of about 32 million tons of the 135 million tons of community and business waste. This report discusses how the Department is meeting its responsibilities indisposing of solid wastes.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 02, 1977
Accession Number
AD1103034

Entities

Organizations

  • Comptroller General of the United States

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force Facilities
  • Congress
  • Department Of Defense
  • Economic Analysis
  • Environment
  • Environmental Protection
  • Fossil Fuels
  • Governments
  • Groundwater
  • Law
  • Local Governments
  • Natural Gas
  • Natural Resources
  • Naval Air Stations
  • Naval Shore Facilities
  • United States
  • Urban Areas
  • Waste Disposal Facilities
  • Waste Management
  • Water Resources

Readers

  • Economics
  • Government and Public Administration Law.
  • Riverine Ecology