Hazardous Waste Reduction Efforts of the Navy and DoD in the San Diego California Region

Abstract

This research investigates the hazardous waste reduction efforts of the Department of Defense and the Navy in the San Diego, California region. It shows that previous efforts to reduce cost and generated waste have not been successful. The study reveals that efforts by Fleet Industrial Supply Center, San Diego should reduce both costs and wastes and that the improvements in the pricing schedule used by the Public Works Center, San Diego to charge for hazardous waste processing services also should reduce costs. The research concludes that the best method to reduce costs is to reduce the waste stream. Further, more effort is needed to identify less or non-hazardous substitutes and waste treatment technologies should be investigated and implemented wherever possible.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA276253

Entities

People

  • Michael W. Kane

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Bioremediation
  • California
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Environment
  • Environmental Protection
  • Environmental Restoration And Remediation
  • Hazardous Waste
  • Health Services
  • Hygiene
  • Law
  • Medical Personnel
  • National Governments
  • Procurement
  • Waste Disposal Facilities
  • Waste Management

Readers

  • Environmental Engineering.
  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies