Recycling at Naval Shore Installations: One Means of Curbing the 'Garbage Glut'

Abstract

Provides techniques and strategies to aid Federal recycling program managers. Highlights the major laws and regulations that stimulated recycling within the Department of Defense, discusses several benefits of recycling, and addressees start-up and operating costs associated with a recycling program. Briefly examines the Navy's current recycling efforts at shore activities. Contends that the real breakthrough in effective solid waste management will only come when intense recycling is combined with reducing waste at the source, expanding the use recycled materials, and investing in better research and development.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA276759

Entities

People

  • Robert L. Phillips

Organizations

  • Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Climate Change
  • Commerce
  • Construction
  • Department Of Defense
  • Economic Analysis
  • Environmental Protection
  • Fossil Fuels
  • Hazardous Waste
  • Health Services
  • Law
  • Recycled Materials
  • Solid Waste
  • United States Government
  • War Colleges
  • Waste Disposal Facilities
  • Waste Management
  • Waste Products

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  • Environmental Engineering.
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Systems Analysis and Design