European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 3, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday february 3,. 1993 i the stars and stripes Page 3 out in the Field without styrofoam getting on recycling As costs rises amps Dave Melancon spec. Gregory Cilas dumps cans into one of several recycling containers at the Marne Victory training exercise area. He said recycling has become routine for Cooks. By Dave Melancon Wurzburg Bureau it Schweinfurt Germany a plastic foam cup May not be Able to Stop a Bradley fighting vehicle dead in its tracks but it can bust the budget for a division and military Community. Soldiers were ordered to take recycling seriously during the nine Day Marne Victory training exercise in Schweinfurt that ended sunday. That a because of rapidly rising costs of garbage disposal under Ger Man Laws governing landfills and trash according to base support battalion officials. Quot styrofoam is banned because a few styrofoam taps will literally bust this budget Quot said capt. Matthew d. Newcome operations officer for the 280th base support in in Schweinfurt Marne Victory brought in about 2,500 More soldiers to the 3,500 already living at Conn Barracks. With those additional soldiers there was a lot More trash to Deal with he said. Although estimates for the Cost of removing trash were not available $66,000 was budgeted for trash containers scattered throughout the exercise area. A Quot we Are watching the exercise very carefully said Hermann g. Macs chief of Schweinfurt a a base support in utilities Branch. Recycling during Marne Victory was part of a Community wide program he said. Although not banned in the . Community plastic foam is also considered an enemy and a budget Buster. Sorted trash costs 65 Marks or about $42, per ton to dispose of at the local Landfill trash containing paper and metals costs 325 Marks or about $211, macs said. Trash containing 10 percent plastic foam costs 1,000 Marks or about $649. Inspectors at the Landfill determine whether the trash is sorted and determine the percentage of styrofoam in each Load. Like the soldiers in the Field Community residents must separate plastic foam from their trash macs said. Since Jan. 1, the Start of the Community s recycling program More than half of a trailer truck full of Las tic foam has been collected for recycling. Soldiers in the Field took their Quot no styrofoam Quot orders to heart. Quot it was put out a no styrofoam a so we done to use it Quot said spec. Christopher Whitaker he co 3rd inf div while hauling trash from a Field office. / soldiers ordered to remove trash sort through garbage and separate paper ptas tics and organic waste before disposing each into marked dumpsters he said. Recycling makes the Job easier for spec. Gregory Molas a food service specialist with he co. Quot we know exactly what a going to go where so we set up three or four different receptacles in our work area Quot he said. Quot so instead of throwing it All into one bag and having to change it when we get to the trash can we separate it automatically and throw it away in the required  for Cooks recycling has become part of their Quot clean As you go Quot routine Mellas said. The Cooks done to contend with plastic foam anymore a just Metal and paper. Quot styrofoam is practically phased out. We use strictly paper and other biodegradable products or other recyclable products Quot he said. Quot i can to remember the last time 1 even saw any styrofoam.�?�4 die in ambush of . Vehicles in Afghanistan Peshawar Pakistan a gunmen ambushed . Vehicles crossing a Lawless Region in Eastern Afghanistan killing four people including British and dutch workers officials said tuesday. No one claimed responsibility for the attack which occurred monday afternoon in Nang arhar province. But officials of the . Office for the coordination of humanitarian and economic assistance programs of Afghanistan said they believe the ambush was deliberate. The victims were identified As Tony Bullard a British citizen who worked for the . Center for human settlements . Vanhoeflaken a dutch National acting As a consultant on water resources and their Drivers both afghans. A fifth person Reinout wan Rooy an Argentine working for the . High commissioner for refugees escaped unharmed by leaping from his vehicle and hiding in the Bushes officials said. He was brought Back to Peshawar. The group was travelling from the pakistani Border City of Peshawar . Officials said when three unidentified gunmen opened fire on the vehicles about 10 Miles East of Jala Labad. In Geneva the United nations said mondays attack was the worst since 1989 and said it highlighted the increasing dangers faced by humanitarian workers trying to help rebuild Afghanistan after 14 years of civil War. Army cutting Back use of training area by Joseph Owen Heidelberg Bureau the army is placing More limits on its controversial use of the Lamper theim training area and local germans Hope the move will Lead to full military withdrawal from the wooded exercise zone. The army no longer will train on two parcels that Are designated water Protection zones . Army Europe spokeswoman Millie Waters said. The army a european commander Gen. David m. Maddox announced the change in a Jan. 23 letter to Hessen state minister presi Dent Hans Eichel Waters said. Quot we Haven to got any definite guidance on when this is going to take effect. I would assume pretty soon or immediately Quot said Doris Scott an army spokeswoman in nearby Mannheim. Maddox also told Eichel that the army is thinking about discontinuing use of the training area for tanks and Bradley fighting vehicles Waters said. The land the army will Stop using constitutes Only about 10 percent of the whole training area. Quot its pretty wooded so it does no to allow for much training anyway a a Scott said adding that its most frequent users were infantry and military police units. Troops and military vehicles enter the training area from Coleman Barracks in Mannheim on the West or from Sullivan Barracks also in Mannheim on the South. The army will retain the right to use a Road crossing the water Protection zones to reach the rest of the training area from Sullivan Barracks. The Forest contains no streams or lakes but the area is Home to a sizable underground water Reservoir. Unlike other training areas the 5,000-acre Lamper theim area a most of which franc Austria aps amps we Haven to got any definite guidance on when this is going to take effect. I would assume pretty soon or immediately. A Doris Scott an army spokeswoman actually is in the town of Viem Heim a also serves As a local recreation area. Quot there a no restriction for the German population except at the ranges Quot Scott said. Quot there a no Fence there As people would  the area contains a Reservoir that pro Vides drinking water for about a million people living in metropolitan Heidelberg and Mannheim said vice Nheim a mayor Norbert Hofmann a member of the left leaning social democratic party. As a result Hofmann said he thinks the army a continuing use of the regions Only Forest threatens both the Forest itself and the health of people who use it. Small Oil spills occur there occasionally and the use of heavy vehicles has damaged up to 30 percent of the Trees he said. The Forest has been a training site since the Days of Hitler s wehrmacht but Strong organized resistance to the Maneu vers has made the training area a political hot potato in recent years. A local citizens group stir Criniti Tive panic Wald has been trying since 1979 to get the army to Stop using the area and the movement has the support of All the major political parties at the municipal level. About 4,000 people attended a 1988 demonstration against the army Maneu vers Hofmann said and several other to tests have occurred since then. The citizens group plans a symbolic mass planting of new Trees in the Forest feb. 27. Hofmann said he maintains Good contacts with local military commanders who acknowledge the problems associated with having a training area so close to major population centers. Quot they say a that would be completely unthinkable at Home in America a a Hofmann said. City officials appealed to Chancellor Helmut Kohls government for help in getting the americans out of the Forest but that did no to work he said. Now they Are taking their Case straight to Washington hoping that the Clinton administrations professed concern for the environment will Benefit their cause