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Army bases adopt intelligent recycling system

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    Allison Barrie on new ways to handle trash in the military

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I narrow up from London by defense specialist a war games columnist -- -- Some Barry good to see thousands.

Think you for having me how is -- -- London doesn't miss me.

I can -- that there's actually snow hearing.

Yeah just yeah I heard they get it -- rough weather but it's probably still warmer than it is yet of anyway moving up on the -- -- yes and interesting interesting thing -- be looking into.

Waste to recycling.

Developments and to do tell.

Yes you know it's funny -- I can't remember a couple weeks ago we did a story together.

Taking garbage for the army and turning into fuel down range you know -- being and I can't tell you.

-- that I got so many emails from guys out in Afghanistan and Iraq saying I've got a -- of garbage.

Thank you for this idea how to I get one of these machines you have no idea is so -- guys out there here's another idea that I love it's it's called -- big bellies.

And what it does is it's kind of like.

Self sufficient trash compact -- so it's solar powered and all by itself a kind of monitors how much trash -- -- it.

And it compacts it season and it was getting about five times much trash and one trash can.

As you would a normal a normal altered in -- -- on the street I really Smart idea saves money.

She's resources saves fuel and energy it's kind of -- -- up to go buy me one of the interesting things that I I discovered -- on the civilian deployment of these.

It costs about 2000 -- -- trashed and annually incident collecting he's been so if you can see it says it -- time and the energy of workers.

-- -- in the military units of things that are more useful and body armor or.

Any sort of weapons advancements.

Much better spend that money on that ban on trash collection if you ask me some data centers that I was I very Smart idea that who's developing this and that how.

How and when is it going to be deployed.

Well already been deployed as we had some really adventurous green.

Our soldiers down in Georgia -- -- They -- saddened that they've -- -- -- since 2008 at recently Natick and Massachusetts people be familiar with me -- because.

They're responsible for all those really cool -- dances that are more directed at the personal soldier.

So he quit -- it's let things air drops these sorts of things.

I need to just brought purchased twelve and they're their bases and Massachusetts.

Ten outdoors to indoors at indoors ones clearly can't you -- paris' -- in the -- That they got -- -- late fall and I just speaking Saddam this -- actually love -- they're really happy with it.

You know it's it's just making huge difference -- from from one computer screen.

They can monitor all their beans throughout didn't expect sending eight acres -- hospitable and you're gonna have to collect so.

I know they're -- feeling is as RD saving them time and money which I love and a teacher I love this -- rolled out more widely at our bases.

As I'm sure our viewers are probably aware the -- actually been quite -- leaning about going to mean maybe Sunday will be surprised that it.

This technology it's it's not made by the army it's -- big bellies solar power.

And made in America.

But today it -- Aaron he's been very frightening development and thinks of this is part of the net zero program.

-- idea on the trash trash cited that -- have is -- -- landfill policy so.

And he's seeing any trash a screen and a base.

We've been recovered the use recycled as the end of the the -- -- the same ideas with energy has been lots of advances in energy.

I would ideas and a singular beings and it was their -- and net annual -- so.

There's a number of bases that are at it is surprising depth and so many -- this pilot program launched and a moon by two years ago the spring.

And so many cases want to participate.

And you Fort Detrick is isn't Chiu aspects of it she tracks I think -- and that the wider track and the racetrack.

-- -- current quote me on that but a number of bases are -- -- abroad and at home so we should see lots -- coming out of these pilot programs beyond the big belly and we'll edit.

I am looking forward -- all right very exciting stuff thanks Alison.

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