Green bullet

<p>Green bullet, green ammunition or green ammo are nicknames for a <a href="/facts/United_States_Department_of_Defense/dWAvf7e3">United States Department of Defense</a> program to eliminate the use of hazardous materials from <a href="/facts/Small_arms/GuHx4aGE">small arms</a> <a href="/facts/Ammunition/ajd1wm1I">ammunition</a> and from small arms ammunition manufacturing. Initial objectives were elimination of <a href="/facts/Ozone-depleting_substance/ssGWpcx3">ozone-depleting substances</a>, <a href="/facts/Volatile_organic_compound/BFMlKwgt">volatile organic compounds</a>, and <a href="/facts/Heavy_metal_(chemistry)/Cblmy8qI">heavy metals</a> from <a href="/facts/Centerfire_ammunition/wIFQHggu">primers</a> and <a href="/facts/Bullet/VgJXCI0b">projectiles</a>. These materials were perceived as causing difficulties through the entire life cycle of ammunition. The materials generated <a href="/facts/Hazardous_waste/hvbE6Cup">hazardous wastes</a> and emissions at manufacturing facilities and use of ammunition caused contamination at <a href="/facts/Shooting_range/EfRPwazh">shooting ranges</a>. Potential health hazards made demilitarization and disposal of unused ammunition difficult and expensive.
</p><p>The Joint Working Group for Non-Toxic Ammunition was formed by the Small Caliber Ammunition Branch of the <a href="/facts/United_States_Army_Armament_Research,_Development_and_Engineering_Center/EU1nHh41">United States Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center</a> in October 1995. Members of the working group included the <a href="/facts/National_Guard_of_the_United_States/oMCltGFe">National Guard of the United States</a>, the <a href="/facts/United_States_Coast_Guard/6d7SWTP9">United States Coast Guard</a>, the <a href="/facts/United_States_Army_Infantry_School/pIGV1RvC">United States Army Infantry School</a>, the <a href="/facts/Rock_Island_Arsenal/zneCblQr">Industrial Operations Command</a>, the <a href="/facts/Lake_City_Army_Ammunition_Plant/r2zsWMdo">Lake City Army Ammunition Plant</a>, the <a href="/facts/Oak_Ridge_National_Laboratory/Elq84HKF">Oak Ridge National Laboratory</a>, the <a href="/facts/Los_Alamos_National_Laboratory/tlrLkV7r">Los Alamos National Laboratory</a> and the <a href="/facts/United_States_Department_of_Energy/PRp6Cz8g">United States Department of Energy</a> <a href="/facts/Kansas_City_Plant/tpQ95TyV">Kansas City Plant</a>.
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