[CPEO-MEF] DISPOSAL: Eielson Air Force Base (AK) De-Icing Waste

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

18-month recycling project saves big money


by Airman 1st Class Yash Rojas, 354th Fighter Wing Public Affairs
EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE  (AK)
March 13, 2012

The 354th Civil Engineer Squadron reached the final stages of an 18- 
month recycling project recently, saving Eielson nearly $500,000.

The project began when the 354th Logistics Readiness Squadron  
identified 168,000 pounds of unneeded aircraft deicer fluid -- a  
composition of two glycols with different boiling points, which made  
distilling and recycling more difficult than normal antifreeze.

"LRS had turned in this [chemical surplus] as an excess, [off  
specification] item for us to dispose of," said Randall Smith, 354th  
CES hazardous waste disposal supervisor.

The 354th LRS cooperated with Smith and other 354th CES members to  
find a way to remove the excess fluid, making room for other mission- 
critical materials. The chemicals were taking up one of the storage  
tanks -- necessary space for supplies used in keeping Eielson mission- 
read, said Smith.

...


"[The deicer fluid] is going to be distilled, reblended and recycled  
over in India," said Smith. "That's pretty impressive."

...

For the entire release, see
http://www.eielson.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123293773

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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