DOD's War on Hazardous Waste. Volume 2. An Indexing System for MeasuringHazardous Waste Reduction

摘要

In an earlier study on the Department of Defense (DoD) war on hazardous waste, weinvestigated waste measurement at a single depot. In this report, we consider the use of available data to formulate management indicators or indexes for use at all levels of DoD. Initial reports indicate that all of the Military Services have reduced their output of hazardous materials significantly. However, inconsistent data make these reports unreliable, and changes in workload and in the definitions of waste make multiyear analysis difficult. We recommend the following actions: DoD-wide definition and standardization of data, an effort to quantify the changing regulatory climate, examination of waste reductions by generalized production categories, and movement toward risk-based measurements of progress. Those changes will enhance DoD's efforts to achieve national leadership in environmental affairs.