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SWANA and ISRI Join Together to Host MRF Summit

Virtual event will take place November 18-19, 2020 Silver Spring, MD – The Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) and the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, Inc. (ISRI) will partner again for the return of the MRF Summit, taking place November 18–19, 2020. This year’s virtual event will explore key issues affecting Materials Recovery…
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SWANA Announces 2020 Safety Award Winners

Winners will be recognized at SWANA’s annual meeting in December  Silver Spring, MD – The Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) is proud to announce the winners of the 2020 SWANA Safety Awards are Leck Waste Services for Biggest Safety Improvement and Estancia Valley Solid Waste Authority and OC Waste & Recycling for Best Safety Innovation. SWANA…
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New Report Focuses on Energy Recovery Options

SWANA’s Applied Research Foundation releases report analyzing recovery options for non-recycled plastics Silver Spring, MD – As more attention focuses on the proliferation of single-use plastics and discarded plastics in oceans and waterways, solid waste managers are under increasing pressure to implement solutions that not only properly manage these discards, but also recover their energy…
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WASTECON Zooms in on Disruption

SWANA’s leadership summittransitions to virtual event January 26–28, 2021 Silver Spring, MD – The Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) announces WASTECON® will be held January 26–28, 2021 as a virtual event. SWANA’s re-engineered executive leadership summit for the solid waste and recycling industry will be more accessible than ever. Each keynote session will…
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SWANA’s Executive Leadership Summit

WASTECON® Transitions to Virtual Event in January 2021 Silver Spring, MD – Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and concern for the health and safety of participants, the Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) has cancelled the WASTECON® that would have taken place December 7-10 in Dallas, Texas. SWANA’s executive leadership summit for the…
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SWANA Signs U.S. Plastics Pact

Joins more than 70 other stakeholders to bring one voice to U.S. packaging  Silver Spring, MD – The Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) is proud to announce its participation in the U.S. Plastics Pact, an agreement to work collectively towards a common vision of a circular economy for plastics. The U.S. Plastics Pact…
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SWANA Supports Safe + Sound Week to Protect America’s Workers

Worker fatalities in the first half of 2020 show more needs to be done Silver Spring, MD – The Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) is proud to support Safe + Sound Week, August 10 – 16. This nationwide event held each August recognizes the successes of workplace health and safety programs and offers…
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SWANA Announces Professional Achievement Award Winners

Silver Spring, MD – The Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) is pleased to announce the recipients of its annual Professional Achievement Awards. The Professional Achievement Awards recognize SWANA members for their valuable and distinguished contributions to SWANA, the solid waste and recycling industry, and the public. These award winners were nominated by their…
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SWANA Submits Over 1,500 Facial Covering Orders to HHS

2.4 million facial coverings requested for solid waste and recycling workers Silver Spring, MD – The Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) has collected and submitted orders for cloth face coverings on behalf of the entire U.S. solid waste and recycling industry to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). HHS, along…
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SWANA to Redevelop Leading Industry Certification and Course for Managers of Landfill Operations

Silver Spring, MD – The Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) has issued a Request for Proposals to redevelop the leading industry certification and course for Managers of Landfill Operations (MOLO). Proposals are due by August 28, 8:00 p.m. EDT. A mandatory conference call for prospective respondents is scheduled for August 6, 2:00 p.m.…
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