Best Safety Innovation

The SWANA Best Safety Innovation award showcases an exemplary safety innovation undertaken by the solid waste industry during the previous year to reduce hazards and accidents, develop company regulations and best practices, or improve worker safety.

Eligibility

Applicant must be an organization that collects, processes, recycles, or otherwise disposes municipal solid waste, or designs landfill systems and/or works around their components. The individual submitting the application must be a SWANA member.

Judging

Safety Award applications will be reviewed by members of the SWANA Safety Committee. Additional information may be requested verbally or in writing in order to evaluate the application further. The decision of winner(s) by the Committee is final.

Awards

Winners are recognized during an award ceremony at SWANA's annual conference and are recognized on the SWANA website and social media.

Application Questions

1. What is the primary activity of the applicant organization?
2. Please describe your Safety Innovation for calendar or fiscal year 2024. (Limit 500 words)
3. How did you objectively measure the success of your program and what were the results based upon that measurement? (Limit 750 words)
4. What one thing sets your innovation apart from the other potential applicants and why? (Limit 100 words)

OPTIONAL: Upload any supporting data or documentation. (Limit 5 pages)