SWANA Press Release Archive

SWANA recently signed onto a letter of support initiated by Natural Gas Vehicles for America in support of the Renewable Natural Gas Incentive Act of 2023, H.R. 2448.

SWANA has appointed Amy Lestition Burke Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer. Lestition Burke will usher in a new vision of innovation at SWANA.

Join us as we formally recognize our three recipients' achievements at WASTECON® 2023 during the Awards Ceremony.

The Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) is honored to recognize the recipients of the 2023 SWANA Safety Awards.

Beginning June 5, 2023, the City of Broken Arrow will be the first municipality in the area to offer recycling and garbage labels for each cart written in Braille.

The SWANA Applied Research Foundation’s report provides up-to-date information on materials and strategies to control odors from landfills.

Richard Yep, CAE, FASAE, has been named Interim Executive Director of the Solid Waste Association of North America effective April, 2023.

Twelve individuals have been tapped to join three original members on SWANA’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Steering Committee for the next 12 months.

SWANA is excited to implement its 2023–2027 strategic plan and to achieve the four goals in the plan.

SWANA reported an increase in worker fatalities in 2022 in the United States and Canada after a dramatic drop in 2021.