Month: December 2024

December 19, 2024 — Silver Spring, MD The United States Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its 2023 National Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries. The results showed that “refuse and recyclable materials collectors” had a major increase in the fatality rate compared to previous years. The 2023 fatality rate was 41.4 per 100,000…
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Silver Spring, MD – The Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) is pleased to announce that Kristyn Oldendorf, Senior Director of Public Policy & Communications, has been appointed to the US Department of Commerce’s Environmental Technologies Trade Advisory Committee (ETTAC), representing the waste and resource management segments of the US environmental technology industry.  The ETTAC advises…
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