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Tag: recycling

The light blue shallow water platforms of the Bahamas, which are separated by very deep dark blue channels, make for a striking scene. The Bahamas are one of the few regions where calcium carbonate precipitates directly out of the water, as the mineral aragonite, to form the coral reef islands.

Aug. 18, 2022

Turning the tide on trash: installation environmental office shares message on the ocean’s plastic

Plastic is prolific in everyday life. Yet widespread use may ultimately impair environmental sustainability as these products find their ways into our oceans, lakes and rivers. The good news is that plastics that are disposed of properly largely avoid entering waterways and the food chain.

A collection of items glow under a black light at the Air Force Radioactive Recycling and Disposal facility, Dec. 1, 2021 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Air Force Radioactive Recycling and Disposal (AFRRAD) is the primary focal point for radioactive recycling and waste management within the Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jaima Fogg)

Jan. 27, 2022

Small team, big responsibility

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base website — When one thinks of radioactive material, images of Homer Simpson or the “Back to the Future” flux capacitor may come to mind. At Wright-Patt, a team of four serve as subject matter experts on radioactive waste.

Eric Deal of DLA Strategic Materials checks out a lens from Anniston Army Depot, Alabama. Germanium will be extracted from the lens and stockpiled until needed.

Oct. 26, 2018

DLA Strategic Materials Partners with Research and Development

DLA Strategic Materials partners with DLA Research and Development.

Operators use heavy equipment to load and transport millions of pounds of scrap material to heavy barges that will take it away for sorting and recycling in the city of Majuro in the Marshall Islands.

Oct. 26, 2018

DLA Disposition Services helps the Army remove mounds of scrap from a remote Pacific island

DLA Disposition Services helps remove mounds of scrap metal from Kwajalein Atoll in the Pacific.

An Iraqi national separates scrap metal to be salvaged and recycled into cash while at Forward Operating Base Warhorse, located in Diyala, Iraq.

July 9, 2018

DLA Disposition Services gives new purpose to old or excess items

DLA Disposition Services gives new purpose to old or excess items.

Students from Fairview Elementary pose with their new reusable bags after an Earth Day event hosted by Sarah Moor, environmental protection specialist with DLA Installation Support for Distribution.

April 26, 2017

DLA employee celebrates Earth Day teaching elementary students about recycling

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pennsylvania — One DLA Distribution employee went above and beyond to celebrate Earth Day April 21, volunteering her time to teach local second-graders the importance of taking care of the environment.

Charles Miller, a Fleet Readiness Center Southeast material identifier, washes a bin of aluminum scraps collected through the manufacturing process. Washing the scraps removes oil residue and dust so the metal can be taken to Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services for resale. The recycling of metal scraps is one small part of the facility's drive towards decreasing its environmental footprint. Because of such efforts, FRCSE was awarded the CNO's Environmental Award for Sustainability. (U.S. Navy Photo by Clifford Davis/Released)

March 10, 2016

FRCSE Wins CNO Environmental Award

Jacksonville, Florida — Support from the local DLA Disposition Services site helped a Navy readiness center earn top marks for its environmental program.