DLA News Archive

Tag: hazardous waste

July 20, 2021

Naval Supply Systems Command T & D Solves the 'Dirtiest' Transportation Problems Anywhere

MECHANICSBURG, Pa. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the U.S. Navy website — Operating approximately 300 ships with 350,000 personnel as it provides a strategic deterrent over, under and on the world’s oceans, the U.S. Navy is a force to be reckoned with. But, with so much fire power and so many dedicated Warfighters on watch, there is an inevitable hurdle that must be overcome -- what to do with the garbage.

Harry Gregory, a truck driver, receives a barrel of hazardous waste from Annitta Evans, a logistics storekeeper, at the hazardous waste storage facility at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn., on June 15, 2021. Once loaded with all the barrels that are ready for disposal, the barrels are then taken to a site off base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Deidre Moon)

July 19, 2021

Arnold AFB program oversees cradle-to-grave management of hazardous materials, waste

ARNOLD AIR FORCE BASE, Tenn. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Arnold Air Force Base website — The test and evaluation activities that take place in the Arnold Engineering Development Complex facilities at Arnold Air Force Base at times utilize materials labeled as “hazardous.” However, Arnold has programs in place to safeguard its employees and the environment from hazardous materials and hazardous waste.

Marino Menor, left, 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron (ECES) lead environmental technician, guides Jerome Pineda, 379th ECES environmental technician, as he operates a forklift March 26, 2019, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. Recyclable items such as glass and plastic bottles that are thrown in trash dumpsters at Al Udeid are sorted and recycled at locations off the installation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Hubenthal)

April 2, 2019

Environmental team manages HAZWASTE disposal, recycling

AL UDEID AIR BASE, Qatar — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing website — The 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron’s environmental team know how to turn trash into treasure, leading the recycling, waste disposal, and hazardous material management effort at Al Udeid.

A DLA contractor prepares for the removal of hazardous waste to be removed from a DoD generator site.

May 1, 2018

Waste Not, Want Not

Disposing of hazardous waste ever more securely, efficiently and in a way that’s safe for the earth takes creative thinking from the people at DLA Disposition Services.

Employees from Japan Iron Engineering work on above ground holding tanks used for storing hazardous waste materials removed from Navy at Fleet Activities, Yokuska, Japan. Photo by Yasuo Tsunoda

April 15, 2016

Agency employees help sailors ship out their hazardous wastes

Yokosuka, Japan — When used oils or fluids from Navy ships at Yokosuka, Japan, need to be disposed of, sailors turn to DLA Disposition Services for help.

The Air Force’s system that provides cradle-to-grave tracking, management and reporting capabilities for hazardous materials and waste is now under the management of Defense Logistics Agency Information Operations and DLA Logistics Operations.

Oct. 19, 2015

DLA takes responsibility for Air Force’s Hazardous Material Management System

FORT BELVOIR, Virginia — The Air Force’s system for tracking and managing hazardous materials and waste is now under the management of Defense Logistics Agency Information Operations and DLA Logistics Operations.