2025 SWANA FL Summer Conference
Dates
07/20/2025 - 07/22/2025
Location
Hilton Orlando
6001 Destination Parkway
Orlando, FL 32819
PRESENTATIONS:
Monday Morning
First Stop the Fires, Then Reduce Other Costs: EPR to Reduce Risk, Increase Funding, and Program Convenience | Heidi Sanborn, National Stewardship Action Council
The Hidden Benefits of Constituent Management at New River Regional Landfill | Joel Woolsey, New River Solid Waste Association
Landfill Mining Economics: Justifying Resource Recovery Through Metal Content Analysis and Economies of Scale | James Alexander, LandFillter, Inc.
Managing Growth – Lee County’s Accelerated Class I Landfill Construction Project | Linda Braam, Lee County Solid Waste Department and Joshua Miller, HDR
Monday Afternoon
Modeling the Hillsborough County Solid Waste System | Joe O’Neil, Hillsborough County Solid Waste and Keith Howard, HDR
Zero Waste … What it is. Where it’s Going. And How We Get it There. | Mitch Kessler and Bethany Jewell Gray, Kessler Consulting, Inc.
Solid Waste Facility Master Planning: Ensuring Long-Term Viability | Tobin McKnight, Jones Edmunds & Associates, Inc.
Tuesday Morning
Beyond the Bin: From Curious to Committed – Helping Audiences Adopt Change | Trinity Otero and Stephen Alianiello, HDR
“Zeroing” in on “Zero Waste”: How Recycling Plays a Role | Aneisha Daniel and Nicholas Ciancio, Miami Dade Department of Solid Waste Management
How AI is Transforming Waste Hauling | Ganes Kesari, Tensor Planet
Technology Selection: What is important to you? A Triple Bottom Line Approach | Daniel Collins, Collins Environmental
Drones for Indoor/Outdoor Waste Mapping and Volumetric Calculations | Josie Rudd, Solid Waste Authority of Palm Beach County
Tuesday Afternoon
Reverse Osmosis Treatment of Landfill Leachate: Disrupting the PFAS Cycle | Erica Peris and Peter Baker, Rochem Americas
Palm Beach County Solid Waste Authority: Improving Solid Waste Management, Operations, and Regulatory Compliance with a GIS Asset Management System | Josie Rudd, Solid Waste Authority of Palm Beach County and Sarah Parrish, Jones, Edmunds & Associates, Inc.
Reaching Residents Before, After, and During Storms | Gene Ginn, City of Lakeland, Emily LeMay, Pinellas County and Kylar Johnson, Lee County
Developing a Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) Project from Landfill Gas | Bryan Johnson, Waga Energy
Renewable Natural Gas: How Some of Florida’s Leading Pollution Creating Infrastructure is Set to Lead the Way in Cleaning up Florida’s Air Through Economically Attractive Terms | Scott Brinner, Kevin Hyatt and Edward Hart, Nopetro Energy
Regulatory Update | Willie Puz, Solid Waste Authority of Palm Beach County
