2025 SWANA FL Winter Conference
Dates
02/23/2025 - 02/25/2025
Location
Hilton University of Florida Conference Center
1714 SW 34th St.
Gainesville, FL 32607
Conference Evaluation
List of Participants
Schedule of Events
Presentations:
MONDAY
Florida’s Demographic Trends | Richard Doty, BEBR
Capacity of Florida’s Infrastructure for Resource Recovery and Solid Waste Management | Hannah Sackles, University of Florida
The Evolution of the City of Gainesville’s Zero Waste Ordinance | Tom Strickland, City of Gainesville
Polk County North Central Landfill Constructed Wetlands Leachate Treatment System | Dale Henderson, Polk County Solid Waste Division and Dreyton Lott, University of Florida
What Does the Recent Designation of PFAS as CERCLA Hazardous Substances Mean for Landfills in Florida? | Nicole Robey, Innovative Technical Solutions
Challenges in Water Management Solutions in the Lee-Hendry County Regional Solid Waste Disposal Facility | Juan Villalobos and Felipe Franco, Black and Veatch, and Rebecca Rodriguez, Lee County
300 Million and Counting: What We Can Learn from Keeping Pace with Tire Waste | Stratton Kirton, Liberty Tire Recycling
The Perils of Underestimating Cart Management Cost and Complexity | David Piejak, National Cart Services
Financial Planning for Collection In-housing | Terry Schweitzer, City of Cape Coral and Sarah Neely, Raftelis
TUESDAY
PFAS and Landfill Leachate: Treatment Challenges and Opportunities | Dr. Yudi Wu, Assistant Professor, Florida Polytechnic University
Black Goo and Florida Landfills: What Is It and What Do We Do About It? | Dr. Yalan Liu, Assistant Professor, Florida Atlantic University
The Latest and Greatest on Surface Emissions Monitoring for Methane at Landfills | Dr. Tarek Abichou, Professor, Florida State University
From Bioreactors to Elevated Temperature Landfills: How Warm Should Florida Landfills Get and How Do We Control? | Dr. Debra Reinhart, Professor Emeritus, University of Central Florida
Sustainability Assessments of Waste Management Strategies | Chris Campbell, CDM Smith
Planning for the Next Generation of Solid Waste Industry Leaders through Internships | Shelby Lewis and Edgar Castro Tello, City of Tampa and Austin Smith, City of Gainesville
Managing Concrete Assets | Andres Alfonso and Kelsey Romao, Structural Group
Lessons Learned from Recent WTE Design Build Projects | Justin Roessler, Roessler and Associates and Jason Gorrie, JMG Engineering
US EPA’s Revised Air Emissions Limits for New Large Municipal Waste Combustors | John McBurney, Kanadevia-Inova
Program Update from FDEP | El Kromhout, Florida Department of Environmental Protection
2025 Florida Legislative Session Preview | Willie Puz, Solid Waste Authority of Palm Beach County
Funded in part by Visit Gainesville, Alachua County
