Contingency Solid Waste Management

Question 1

What are the six steps in the process of developing a deployment solid waste management plan?

Answer 1

Analyze situation
Waste estimates
Duration of mission
Solid waste management capabilities
General solutions
Integrate SWM tasks into plans

Question 2

Solid Waste

Answer 2

non-haz garbage; disposed through recycling, burying, burning, incinerating

Question 3

Universal Waste

Answer 3

haz-waste materials that are common

Can be burned but REQUIRES SECDEF APPROVAL AND CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION

Stored and disposed through acceptable disposal facilities

Question 4

What regulates the how, where, and how much solid waste is generated?

Answer 4

Mission, Enemy, Terrain & Weather, Troops available, Time, Civil Considerations

Question 5

Compare solid waste generation rates to mission sets

Answer 5

Installation size, mission sets, will drive the types and quantities of waste generated

Question 6

What are the time durations for initial, temporary, and semi-permanent ops?

Answer 6

Initial - 6 months
Temporary - 6 - 24 months
Semi-permanent - more than 24 months

Question 7

Open Burn Pit

Answer 7

Initial solution that required SECDEF Approval

Question 8

Thermal Destruction

Answer 8

Initial solution; requires ash disposal plan

Question 9

Engineered Landfill

Answer 9

Initial solution; not suitable for hilltops, highly permeable areas, steep slopes

Question 10

Trench Method

Answer 10

Initial and Temporary Methods

Question 11

Host Nation Collection

Answer 11

Initial, Temporary, and Semi-Permanent; limited by host nation capability

Question 12

Pack and retrograde

Answer 12

PACAF only; initial solution

Question 13

What is the most favored option in the hierarchy of solid waste minimization?

Answer 13

Waste avoidance