DLA Disposition Services 

Property Turn In Guide

DEFENSE LOGISTICS 

AGENCY 

EUROPE AND AFRICA

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Property Turn-In

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“By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.”

 -Benjamin Franklin

DLA Disposition Services is responsible 

for the disposal of excess DOD personal 

property, foreign excess personal property

(FEPP), scrap, hazardous waste, and property 

requiring demilitarization. Our personnel are 

prepared to assist you in completing necessary

documents, arranging for disposal solutions, 

and training your personnel in disposal turn-in

procedures. We can dispose of large items inplace, that are not transportable to a DLA

storage area, or property that is held in 

remote locations.

The DD Form 1348-1A the most important 

document when interacting with DLA 

Disposition Services. It serves as the receipt 

for property turned in, and is an important 

record for auditability. Properly filled out

documents will expedite your time with our 

site, but will also help ensure your turn-in is

Accepted.

Disposal Service Representatives (DSR) 

are a direct link between our customers and 

the DLA Disposition Services. They provide 

customer service via phone, email, in person, 

and make disposal decisions at the turn-in 

customer’s activity location.

DLA DSRs can provide assistance

in the following ways:

• Property identification training

• Assist with identification of DEMIL property

• Provide information on local scrap removal 

as necessary

• Training on proper documentation for 

turning in property to Disposition Services

• Provide coordination with DLA Disposition 

Services sites

• Scrap segregation training

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DLA Disposition Services Europe and Africa

POCs: dladispsvcseuropeafrica_ops@dla.mil
PROPERTY TURN-IN PROCESS

Property that can be turned-In:

•Furniture

•Hardware 

•Vehicles

•Appliances

•Automation Equipment

•Communication Equipment

•“True” Scrap

•Weapon parts

•OCIE 

•Vehicular parts

DLA Disposition Services will NOT

accept the following property:

• Radioactive material or waste

• Cryptographic equipment

• Ammunition or MPPEH

• Classified COMSEC Material

• Privacy Act Data

• Refuse and trash

• Articles from any Foreign Service

• Pressurized cylinders (Must be

easily identified as unpressurized)

• Inspection stamps

• Consecrated religious items

• Bio-Hazard materials

• Drugs,

• CRRN-E

Property Turn In Process

•Request Disposition Service Representative 

(DSR) Support if Unit has Questions or 

Requires Guidance about the Property Being 

Turn-In for Disposition

•Segregate Property by National Stock 

Number (NSN)/Local Stock Number (LSN)

•Manually Complete a 1348-1A or use 

Electronic Turn-In Document (ETID) On-line 

Application for each NSN/LSN Being Turnedin

•Complete Certification if Required (Unsure 

Contact DSR for Guidance)

•Packing/Palletizing Property in a Safe to Load/

Unload Manner (shrink wrap/banding, pallets/

triwalls, etc.) 

•Ensure Three Copies of the DD Form 1348-

1A are Physically Attached to each NSN/LSN 

via a Packing Slip

•Schedule Transportation of Turn-In Property 

to Disposition Services through the local 

Transportation Management Office (TMO) or 

by your unit 

•Load Transportation Truck. When the 

Property is Processed as Receipted by the 

Field Activity, the 1348-1A will be Signed, 

Scanned into EDOCs for Customer Access to 

Clear Property Book 

Turn-In Requirements

Property needs to be turned in as individual 

line items with their assigned, valid National 

Stock Number (NSN). Several items can be 

turned in under one line item, however they 

must be the same NSN. NSNs can usually be

located on a serial plate or stamped on 

property

WebFLIS: https://fp.logisticsinformationservice.dla.mil/

Provides essential information about supply items including the 

NSN, the item name, manufacturers and suppliers (including 

part numbers). Utilizing WebFLIS is invaluable in filling out the 

turn-in document, the DD Form 1348-1A.

DLA DISPOSITION SERVICES EUROPE & AFRICA CONTACTS:

Operations Mailbox: dladispsvcseuropeafrica_ops@dla.mil

DSN 324-206-9868

DSN 324-206-9747

DSN 324-273-3004

CELL +49 172-136-5009

Site Hours and Locations: 

https://www.dla.mil/DispositionServices/Find-Location/

Scrap Removal Support in the AOR

TRUE SCRAP

Germany Italy Spain UK

Kosovo Netherlands Djibouti Turkey

Greece Cyprus Morocco Liberia

Norway Latvia Romania Portugal

HAZARDOUS WASTE 

Belgium Bulgaria Djibouti Germany

Greece Hungary Israel Italy

Kosovo Netherlands Niger Poland

Portugal Romania Spain Turkey

UK

HAZARDOUS WASTE REMOVAL SERVICES

• DLA provides contracts and contract oversight duties for the removal of DoD’s hazardous property

• DLA acts as the “middleman” between the contractor and the unit

• Military units are responsible for the securing and 

storing of their waste, and funding for the disposal.

• Disposition Services receives the request for a removal from the Unit, then processes the request, 

while coordinating the removal with the contractor

• Contractor arrives at Unit’s location to physically 

remove the waste at a prearranged date and time

• Disposition Services tracks the waste through final 

disposal

* Scrap is defined as recyclable waste and discarded materials derived 

from items that have been rendered useless beyond repair, rehabilitation, 

or restoration such that the item’s original identity, utility, form, fit and 

function have been destroyed. Items can be classified as scrap if processed by cutting, tearing, crushing, mangling, shredding, or melting. Intact 

or recognizable United States Munitions List or Commerce Control List 

items, components, and parts are not scrap.