Safety News

Silver Spring, MD – The Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) urges all solid waste workers in the private and public sectors to receive COVID-19 vaccinations and to get booster shots as they become available.

SWANA reminds all solid waste and recycling collection workers that riding on the riding steps or the back of the truck when the truck is backing is very dangerous.

Insurance Office of America will help SWANA expand safety-related offerings

Encourages frontline workers to stay vigilant through the summer

SWANA welcomes Michael Hughes, Corporate Vice President of Safety at Casella Waste Systems, as a new SWANA New York Chapter Safety Ambassador.

SWANA is accepting submissions for its 2021 Safety Awards, including a new category recognizing the best response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

SWANA encourages increase in safety training, with focus on collection hazards at Safety Summit

Safety Matters starts same week as SWANA’s Safety Summit

SWANA condemns the violent, unlawful revolt against civil authority and America’s democratic processes and institutions that took place yesterday in Washington, D.C.

SWANA asks CDC advisory committee to clarify vaccine distribution guidance