Federal Recycling legislation is necessary to improve recycling infrastructure and reduce contamination Silver Spring, MD – The Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) is proud to support the bipartisan Realizing the Economic Opportunities and Values of Expanding Recycling (RECOVER) Act introduced by United States Representatives Tony Cárdenas (D-CA) and Larry Bucshon (R-IN). This important…
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Joins SWANA with extensive experience in solid waste industry Silver Spring, MD – The Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) is excited to announce Theresa Rademacher is SWANA’s new Technical Division Manager. Rademacher joins SWANA after managing the Education, Outreach, and Communications for Ada County Solid Waste in Boise, ID. Prior to the role,…
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SOAR will take place March 21–24, 2022 in Kansas City, Missouri Silver Spring, MD – The Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) has cancelled SOAR, which was scheduled to take place in Kansas City, MO on June 14–17, 2021. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and concerns about the health and safety of participants,…
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SWANA’s Applied Research Foundation releases report addressing contamination Silver Spring, MD – A new report developed by the Solid Waste Association of North America’s (SWANA) Applied Research Foundation (ARF) addresses the issue of increased contamination in curbside recycling programs in recent years and its effect on costs and safety at material recovery facilities (MRFs). The…
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Project focused on solutions to close the Bakoteh Dumpsite and supporting solid waste management in Kanifing, The Gambia Silver Spring, MD – The Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) is excited to announce the winners of the International Solid Waste Design Competition (SWDC). The University of Vermont was selected as the first-place winner as…
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SWANA encourages increase in safety training, with focus on collection hazards at Safety Summit Silver Spring, MD – The Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) reported 52 municipal solid waste industry workers were killed in 2020 in the United States and Canada, with nearly 70 percent occurring during collection. This data was shared by…
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Safety Matters starts same week as SWANA’s Safety Summit Silver Spring, MD – The Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) officially launches Safety Matters, a weekly safety newsletter that will contain useful information for SWANA members and others in their solid waste companies and agencies. The goal and purpose of Safety Matters is to…
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The Bridgetown Declaration Outlines COVID-19 Recovery Strategies Silver Spring, MD – The Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) supports a plan established last week to address environmental issues as a primary strategy to recover from COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean. The Ministers of the Environment of Latin America and the Caribbean signed…
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Experts hope that with the incoming Biden administration, the federal government will finally regulate a class of chemicals known as PFASs.
Agency delivers on the historic commitments made in the PFAS Action Plan to address these emerging chemicals of concern and protect public health.
