Painting the Town Green: Aberdeen Proving Ground's Paint Pilot Project.211 Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Program

摘要

As a result of a recent series of Executive Orders, Department of Defense (DoD)211u001epolicies, and an obligation to do the right thing, the U.S.Army's Aberdeen 211u001eProving Ground (APG), an installation in Harford County, Maryland, has adopted a 211u001evariety of pollution prevention strategies. Its numerous projects to minimize the 211u001einstallation's adverse environmental impacts include purchasing alternatively 211u001efueled vehicles, reducing solvent use, minimizing packaging requirements, using 211u001erechargeable batteries, reducing aerosol use, adopting integrated pest management 211u001emethods, implementing a green building policy, installing energy efficient lights 211u001eand equipment, and training its work force in proper hazardous materials handling 211u001eand pollution prevention techniques.