SWANA Blog

Planning for Changes During the Coronavirus Pandemic and Beyond

July 16, 2020

By: Robert Craggs and Veronica Roof

July 02, 2020

SWANA’s first-ever virtual conference debuted last week with virtual SWANApalooza, the industry’s premier technical conference.

Latest trends & best practices to keep solid waste workers safe

June 17, 2020

By: Robert Craggs and Veronica Roof

“So, What Do You Do?”

June 04, 2020

You know the moment — you are standing at a neighborhood cookout or on the sidelines at your child’s game and someone asks, “So what do you do?”

Ontario Sees Considerable Changes in Waste Generation During Pandemic

May 29, 2020

Submitted by the SWANA Ontario Chapter

SWANA's COVID-19 Resources

May 07, 2020

SWANA speaks on the resources they have available to the public to help the solid waste community and industry workers.

Summation of a SWANA Intern - Nikki King

May 05, 2020

Nikki King, SWANA's Spring 2020 Communications and Marketing Intern, reflects on her experience this past semester.

Saying Goodbye to SWANA — Michael Tomaselli

April 13, 2020

Michael Tomaselli is retiring from SWANA this spring after 8.5 years. Read more about his time working with SWANA's Training and Certification program and his plans for the future!

Saying Goodbye to SWANA — Sue Bumpous

April 10, 2020

As Sue Bumpous retires from SWANA, she reflects on her eight years of work at SWANA and with the Technical Divisons

Women in the Industry - Becky Caldwell

April 02, 2020

Becky Caldwell is our next Woman of the Industry feature. She has been in the industry for more than 20 years and is now the Solid Waste Programming Manager for the Middle Tennessee area.

Women in the Industry - Karen Storry

April 01, 2020

Karen Storry is a Senior Project Engineer for Metro Vancouver Solid Waste Services and has been in the industry for 8 years. She is also our next Woman of the Industry feature.

Women in the Industry - Risa Weinberger

March 27, 2020

Risa Weinberger is our next Woman in the Industry feature. Weinberger is has been in the industry for about 40 years now and is now the President of her own engineering firm.

Women in the Industry - Michelle Leonard

March 24, 2020

Michelle is our next Woman of the Industry feature. She has been in the industry for 32 years and now serves as Secretary of the Board of the Southern California Founding Chapter.

Women in the Industry - Marcia Papin

March 23, 2020

Marcia Papin is our next Woman of the Industry. Papin has been in the industry since 1984 and works now as the Solid Waste Manager for the County of Greenville, SC.

Women in the Industry - Kim Braun

March 20, 2020

Kim Braun is the Environmental Programs & Operations Manager for Culver City, CA. She started in the industry in 1989 – 31 years ago. Read about her experience here.

Women in the Industry - Hailey Tatum

March 19, 2020

Hailey Tatum is our next Woman in the Industry feature. Tatum is a solid waste Engineer in Training with HDR in Denver, Colorado and has been in the industry for 5 years.

Women in the Industry - Christine Wolfe

March 18, 2020

Christine Wolfe is our next Woman in the Industry feature. She has been in the field for 3 years overseeing legislative and regulatory advocacy for Recology.

Women in the Industry - Luann Meyer

March 17, 2020

Luann Meyer is our next Woman of the Industry! Meyer is the Vice Chair for the NY Federation of Solid Waste and Recycling Annual Conference and is the President of the New York Chapter of SWANA.

Women in the Industry - Susan Harrison

March 16, 2020

Susan Harrison is our next Woman in the Industry feature. She has been in the industry since 1994 serving first as a consultant, to today, where she is now an engineer at Waste Management, Inc.

Women in the Industry - Dr. Sonia Samir

March 16, 2020

Dr. Sonia Samir is our next Woman in the industry. Her experience includes all things pertaining to landfill including landfill design, permitting, slope stability, and emissions.