Army News Service (June 13, 2007): Army environmental programs awarded for making a difference.WASHINGTON -- Fort Hood Fort Hood, U.S. army post, 209,000 acres (84,580 hectares), central Tex., near Killeen; est. 1942 on the site of old Fort Gates and named for Confederate Gen. John Hood. It is one of the army's largest installations and a major employer of the area. , Texas; Fort Rucker Fort Rucker is a U.S. Army post located mostly in Dale County, Alabama. It was named for Confederate General Edmund Rucker. The post is the primary flight training base for Army Aviation and is home to the United States Army Aviation Warfighting Center (USAAWC) and the United , Ala.; and Department of the Army were awarded for contributions to the environment at yesterday's 2007 White House Closing the Circle Awards ceremony. "Acceptance of these prestigious awards confirms that Army sustainability is on the move and gaining momentum. We're building green, buying green, and going green," said Tad Davis, deputy assistant secretary of the Army for Environmental, Safety and Occupational Health. "I'm confident this recognition will spark others to action." Department of the Army received the "Sowing the Seeds" award for its leadership in setting a future vision with the Army's "Strategy for the Environment." The strategy outlines the Army's vision for the next 20 years and how its goals will impact the Army's mission, the environment, and local communities. It transitions the Army's compliance-based environmental program to a mission-oriented approach based on the principles of sustainability. Fort Hood's Solid Waste and Recycle Team received a pollution-prevention award for its "Every Waste a Reuse Opportunity" program. Environmental experts there trained more than 11,000 community members on recycling and environmental awareness. Fort Hood also developed partnerships with local, state, federal, and private organizations to aid their environmental mission. The post saved more than $2.5 million in 2006 through its Qualified Recycling Program, compost recycle program, inert material management, deconstruction management, special waste management, and the electronics waste recycling program. "This award represents the hard work and dedication by Fort Hood's environmental team to supporting the mission, serving the soldier, and protecting the environment," said Col. Tori Bruzese, Fort Hood garrison commander. "This installation award reflects the passion that Ford Hood employees have in keeping Fort Hood 'The Great Place.'" Fort Rucker's Aviation Center Logistics Command received an honorable mention for recycling. The command created a pilot program with local industrial laundry Large institutions that require a constant flow of clean linen will often employ the services of an industrial laundry. Hospitals, prisons and hotels, for instance, will usually have their own laundry departments. to recycle absorbents used to wipe aircraft engines. The absorbents were previously discarded as hazardous waste Hazardous waste Any solid, liquid, or gaseous waste materials that, if improperly managed or disposed of, may pose substantial hazards to human health and the environment. Every industrial country in the world has had problems with managing hazardous wastes. after one use due to the presence of a toxic metal toxic metal Environment Any metal known to be toxic to humans–eg, antimony, arsenic, beryllium, bismuth, cadmium, lead, mercury, nickel. Cf Nontoxic metal. called cadmium. The program successfully eliminated hazardous waste while also reducing aircraft cleaning costs. The absorbent absorbent /ab·sor·bent/ (-sor´bent) 1. able to take in, or suck up and incorporate. 2. a tissue structure involved in absorption. 3. a substance that absorbs or promotes absorption. material can now be reused as many as 10 times before being discarded, creating an estimated cost savings of about $500,000 a year. "This new process truly allowed greening of the current government practices through waste prevention," said Robert Hill Robert Hill is the name of:
ACLC African Canadian Legal Clinic ACLC AMA Computer Learning Center (Philippines) ACLC Aviation Center Logistics Command ACLC Anti Car Lifting Cell (police, Pakistan) . The White House Closing the Circle Award program is an annual award program sponsored by the Office of the Federal Environmental Executive. In its 13th year, the program focuses on the practices of sustainable building, waste prevention and recycling, green purchasing, and electronics stewardship. Miller writes for the U.S. Army Environmental Command. |
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