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The Solid Waste Association of North America is recognized by numerous national and local media outlets and solid waste industry trade publications as a thought leader on a wide variety of waste industry issues, including the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, safety, recycling, marine litter, and technological and regulatory trends.
- Waste collectors injured by chemicals in trash – Nov 5, 2020, Portland Press Herald
- BLS data shows higher injury, illness rate for landfill workers in 2019 – Nov 5, 2020, Waste Dive
- 'GMA' honors 3 deserving sanitation workers – Nov 2, 2020, Good Morning America
- Industry reps talk trash – Oct 10, 2020, The Ellsworth American
- 3 myths about recycling and what we're all doing wrong – Oct 2, 2020, TODAY
- Family Adventures, Last Mile Vehicles, COVID Waste, Mini Book Club, The Great Realization – Oct 1, 2020, The Lisa Show on BYU Radio
- Recycling meets reality – Oct 1, 2020, Knowable Magazine
- Trash is Piling Up. Sanitation Workers Are Feeling the Strain. – Sep 30, 2020, Bloomberg City Lab
- Calls for e-cigarette legislation increase amid growing fire hazard to waste and recycling industry – Sep 22, 2020, Waste Dive
- 'Hard, Dirty Job': Cities Struggle To Clear Garbage Glut In Stay-At-Home World – Sep 21, 2020, National Public Radio
- Waste disposal industry talks trash, and how to recycle better – Sep 16, 2020, WABI TV
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Delivers 5,000 Masks to Miami-Dade Waste Management Department – Sep 14, 2020, Waste 360
- More working from home means we’re generating more residential trash – Aug 31, 2020, Minnesota Public Radio
- The recycling dilemma, and how we can do better – Aug 31, 2020, Discover Magazine
- As trash piles up during Covid-19, residents raise a stink – Aug 30, 2020, Wall Street Journal
- COVID-19 pandemic: Sanitation workers association distributing millions of cloth facial coverings – Aug 14, 2020, Safety+Health Magazine
- SWANA Encouraging Solid Waste Collection Workers & Employees to Embrace Safe & Sound Week – Aug 12, 2020, Waste Management World
- Coronavirus has Philly falling way behind on trash pickup — but it’s not the only city – Aug 6, 2020, The Philadelphia Inquirer
- On top of coronavirus, industry faced with surprising year of safety trends – Jul 28, 2020, Waste Dive
- Renewed interest in automated side loaders driven by pandemic concerns, persistent safety issues – Jul 23, 2020, Waste Dive
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