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Addressing Climate Change Through Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure
February 8, 2022 — The threat of climate change has been a hot topic for many years now and scientific data continues to validate that it requires action on all levels – whether it be federal, state, privately-owned businesses, and even through personal choices. The U.S. military takes this threat seriously as Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has stated, “We face all kinds of threats in our line of work, but few of them truly deserve to be called existential. The climate crisis does…Climate change is making the world more unsafe and we need to act.” The Army Reserve Installation Management Directorate has laid the groundwork over the past ten years in anticipation of a climate strategy, and with the newly released Army Climate Strategy, sustainable and resilient infrastructure projects will remain a priority to ensure Soldier and Mission readiness... MORE

Devens Reserve Forces Training Area (RFTA) develops program to divert food waste into energy through anaerobic digestion
October 2, 2020 — Devens Reserve Forces Training Area (RFTA), Massachusetts, has been hard at work to find innovative ways to increase recycling and divert waste from the local landfill. One of the newest initiatives added to their Directorate of Public Works (DPW) environmental services portfolio is a food waste collection program (provided through their local hauler) that will not only divert waste, but turn that waste into energy through a process known as anaerobic digestion (AD). ... MORE

Devens Reserve Forces Training Area strengthens environmental stewardship through Qualified Recycling Program
June 30, 2020 — What does it take to be the most capable, combat-ready reserve force? A focus on training to win the wars of tomorrow and a whole lot of brass to back it up. As a United States Army Reserve (USAR)- funded Installation that enables Total Force readiness through mission related training, Devens Reserve Forces Training Area (RFTA) has recycled over 49.5 tons of spent brass over the past three fiscal years. Now, the USAR-funded Installation is actively working to set up a Qualified Recycling Program (QRP) to not only recycle brass shells, but eventually gain proceeds that can be fed back into the Installation to support critical sustainability and community programs... MORE

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