European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 24, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 18 the stars and stripes tuesday. September 24, 1985 tighter controls nonhazardous wastes b utter be careful when you Chuck lha told motor military is tightening control Over hazardous wastes and. Under current Law motor Oil is considered a Hazard. Tough new environmental legislation is behind the Ollett to Monitor disposal practices on military installations the casual dumping of motor Oil. Photographic materials Battery acids paints deodorant cakes pesticides and a growing list of items now identified As hazardous has become strictly a no no hazardous wastes Are produced in Hobby shops motor pools photo labs High school chemistry labs hospitals and other facilities. Military commands around the world Are being asked to comply with requirements contained in a series of Laws and amendments passed during the past decade interpreting these Laws is the Obot the defense re utilization and marketing service arms. Which assumed responsibility Lor the hazardous waste program from the individual military services in 1980. It s an evolving program built around a half dozen new Laws and amendments says Maureen Sullivan environmental specialist at the Wiesbaden Ollice of arms. It s in Lough just keeping up with the changes. And h s become an expensive program. In 1980 we spent just $2 million on hazardous waste. This year the program will Cost $451o $50 the program often is misunderstood. We Don t handle radioactive items classified materials or chemical warfare says it. Col. Winton c. Hohl Chiel of the operations division at the Wiesbaden office. But there Are people who think we do. In fact Attiat s a fairly common what the program does is Check on the disposal practices for a whole list of items identified As hazardous. In the nine country area of our responsibility we re trying to make sure that we re complying with local Laws said Don Angell assistant to Hohl we try to 90 by what is the most stringent the . Law or the local Law. In Northern Europe we have some pretty Tough environmental Laws. In Southern Europe they Are not so Sullivan and three other environmental specialists visit 31 disposal activities in the european Region to nolo of Dave Ovidio used Trant minion fluid goal info tvo if Container. Implement the program. Where disposal problems crop up. They must Leal with Community environmental coordinators in an attempt to solve them. We re still trying to overcome past practices marry of which Are contrary to current Laws Sullivan said. In a number of communities waste materials Are disposed of on contract. But these Don t always have environmental considerations in mind. And such contracts can be costly. We calculate that is costs $2 a gallon or $1 a Pound to get rid of wastes by contract. The Ideal Way to dispose of waste is to find a use for it. Or turn in into a re utilization office which can sell Sullivan says used motor Oil. Which runs into thousands of Gallons a year at military communities in Europe is the kind of waste product being used profitably in some communities. We have areas where a mix of used motor Oil and fuel Oil is used to heat Community buildings she Points out. This is a Good program because it satisfies environmental requirements and reduces heating Hohl stresses the need to educate those who Are responsible for the disposal of wastes. We must make sure that units turning wastes into disposal offices correctly Label and separate waste he says. If waste is no labelled and we Don t know what we re getting it must be lab tested and this is costly. Under such circumstances re utilization offices have the right to reject waste As us program of so arms trill construct specially designed biddings throughout the world to handle wastes. Minions of dollars a be spent on these faci6t.es which will segregate wastes Hohl says. Heavy Walls separate die various compartments in such buildings. They an designed to of unit damage in the event of a inevitably costs of the program win increase. To a certain degree there has been a shifting of costs from the Mirvary branches to the Revtai Walron service Sullivan says. Bui the whole disposal service now requires More Money. Many More things Are being identified As hazardous and disposal of such materials is expensive i my to foe in. In com a m. 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