Hazardous Waste Minimization

Hazardous Waste Minimization

The EAHWM was developed to help Army decision makers find and evaluate viable minimization alternatives to current hazardous waste management practices. This tool has been widely accepted throughout the Army and is being assessed by the US. Navy and the Department of Defense General Supply Center. Law and policy makers in the government and private industry can also use the model to compare min...

Hazardous waste minimization: Part VII (B). Hazardous waste minimization within the Department of Defense.

This article is a series o f representative case studies o f Department of Defense hazardous waste minimization. Each Military Department and the Defense Logistics Agency describe actual accomplishments. Areas covered range from production line modification to product specification change. These efforts are part o f a Department o f Defense plan composed o f individual programs executed indepen...

Hazardous Waste Minimization Guide for Shipyards

Hazardous Waste Minimization Practices in Tennessee

The minimization of hazardous waste generation as well as the proper treatment and disposal of generated waste has great importance for the protection of present and future human health and the environment. The purpose of this study was to identify the extent of waste minimization practices carried out by Tennessee waste generators since September 1985, This was accompl i shed methodologically ...

Hazardous waste minimization: Part III. Waste minimization in the paint and allied products industry.

This paper looks at waste minimization practices available to the paint and coatings industry. The paper begins with an introduction to the industry and a description of the products. The steps involved in the manufacture of paints and coatings are then described. The paper then identifies the wastes generated. Source reduction and recycling techniques are the predominant means of minimizing wa...