That is why, over the past several years, we have worked hard to reduce our damage to the environment. And it is paying off. From 1986 to 1992, we cut our hazardous wastes in half. Our goal is to cut it in half again by 1999. Cutting waste not only improves environmental quality, it also quite obviously reduces disposal costs.
Pollution prevention is a classic good investment.
And it saves money that can be used for other defense programs. All of this sounds like a good idea whose time has come. But over the longer term, we must deal with the problem of environmental pollution at its source. As we build the new F-22 fighter plane, we will use just one. The Navy has reduced the number of hazardous materials needed to maintain and operate its new attack submarine.