ABSTRACT

This publication is a solid waste management planning guide for Defense Department personnel who are responsible for nonhazardous waste disposal.

This manual discusses managerial, engineering, and operational issues associated with:

handling and storage of waste

refuse collection

transfer stations

sanitary landfills

volume reduction techniques

resource recovery (material and/or energy)

recycling centers at military bases.

A discussion of hazardous wastes relates to the impacts of hazardous waste materials that might enter a solid waste stream (e.g., contamination of housing wastes with hazardous household cleaning chemicals). This document is not meant to be a comprehensive review of hazardous waste practices in the military.