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.
Calls on Congress to Help Sanitation Departments Silver Spring, MD – The Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) urges Congress to quickly consider and pass emergency aid to state, local, and territorial governments as recently proposed by President-Elect Biden. These funds are needed to ensure vital government services, including solid waste and recycling, can…
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“And now, in addition to the acute health effects that have been traced to consumption of PFAS, some researchers fear that a new consequence can result from consuming water laced with the contaminants: decreased efficacy of a COVID-19 vaccine.”
