SWANA Press Release Archive

The International Solid Waste Association (ISWA) has submitted the Waste and Climate Change White Paper to the 15th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP15) currently taking place in Copenh

The Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) is pleased to announce that Heidi Sanborn, National Outreach Director for the Product Policy Institute (PPI), has been named as the keynote spea

SWANA has recently completed the translation of its first Spanish language training course, Waste Screening at MSW Management Facilities. The growing Spanish-speaking workforce and the requests of

Presidential Keynote Speaker T. Boone Pickens, chairman and CEO of BP Capital Management, spoke to WASTECON attendees today about the Pickens Plan, a collection of coordinated steps that together f

Keynote speaker, Tom Szaky, CEO and co-founder of TerraCycle, Inc., opened the Solid Waste Association of North America’s (SWANA) 47th Annual WASTECON conference and exhibition today at the Long Be

The Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) is pleased to welcome T. Boone Pickens as the 2009 WASTECON Presidential Keynote speaker on Wednesday, September 23, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. at the L

The Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) is pleased to announce the winners of the 2009 Professional Achievement Awards. The Awards Program was developed to recognize individuals who,

SWANA is pleased to announce the winners of the 2009 Excellence Awards. The Excellence Awards program was designed to recognize facilities, operations and programs that are committed to environmen

On Tuesday, June 9, 2009 the Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) submitted comments to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regarding their proposed rule on mandatory reporting of

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed updates to the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for stationary reciprocating internal combustion engines