PERCENT OF ATTAINMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL GOALS
400
350
300
250
200
150
100
50
0
POUNDS OF
COST OF WASTE
POUNDS OF
PROCEEDS
WASTE
GENERATED
MATERIALS
FROM
GENERATED
RECYCLED
MATERIALS
RECYCLED
Environmental Goals
For Further Assistance
Executive Order 13101, Greening the Government
The FY `99 Waste Minimization and Compliance
Through Waste Prevention, Recycling, and Federal
Report was the collaborative effort of many dedicated
Acquisition, required each Federal Agency to establish
professionals. This report is part of an ongoing
goals in waste prevention, recycling and acquisition of
review of the waste minimization, recycling and
recovered materials for the years 2000, 2005 and
pollution prevention (P2) programs in VHA.
2010.
The survey questionnaire will be updated
On April 5, 1999, the Under Secretary for
annually as requirements for environmental
Health established the environmental goals
compliance
and
agency
responsibilities
for January 1, 2000. The baseline data for
continue to evolve.
developing these goals was the data derived
from the FY `96 Waste Minimization Survey,
For further information or clarification on this report,
although
no
accurate
data
on
the
please contact Mr. Wayne L. Warren, Director,
Environmental Programs Service (181C), at
procurement of recovered materials was
202.565.8525. The report is available at this web
available at that time.
address: http://www.va.gov/facmgt/environmental.
For the Waste Prevention category, the January 1,
2000 goals were 234,000,000 lbs in total waste
Acknowledgements
generated with ,900,000 in total disposal costs.
The measured results were 264,709,429 lbs in total
The survey questionnaire contained in VHA Directive
waste generated (13.1% short of the goal) and
99-037 and the resultant array of data and charts is
,555,429 (11.2% less than the goal).
the work of Ken Demers, Chris Faldt, Darrell Moore,
For the Recycling category, the January 1,
David Maine, Steve Morris, Nancy Snyder, Karen
2000, goals were 32,000,000 lbs of total
Gaddis, Jim McCord, Mike Simmons, Rhonda Leaks,
Greg Winters and others who contributed to the
materials recycled with 3,000 in proceeds
production of this high quality and accurate product.
(+). The measured results were 27,193,431
total pounds of materials recycled, 15%
below the goal, and
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,522,963 in proceeds
(+), 371% above the goal.
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