Fort Lewis Implementation Of A Solid Waste Management Program

This report documents the attempt to implement requirements of the 'Source Separation for Materials Recovery Guidelines' at Fort Meade, MD. These guidelines, one of six U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Solid Waste Management Guidelines, are primarily concerned with the source separation of high-grade paper, newspaper, and corrugated paper. The information obtained from the implementation at Fort Meade was compared with voluntary recycling programs at Fort Sill, OK, and Fort Lewis, WA. Extensive economic analysis at Fort Meade indicated that 'full' implementation of the program for cardboard at points of high generation was deemed economically feasible. The investigations at Fort Sill and Fort Lewis indicated that two key items are essential for successfully implementing voluntary resource recovery programs at installations: (1) interest in and understanding of the program by installation personnel at a meaningful level, and (2) public interest and motivation, maintained through an innovative incentive program. Another reason the programs at Forts Sill and Lewis were successful was because the labor was voluntary. (Author).