SWANA Press Release Archive

The Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) submitted comments to House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman John D. Dingell (D-MI) and to Energy and Air Quality Subcommittee Chairman Ri

Collecting solid waste historically has been a dangerous occupation.  Solid waste haulers work around heavy machinery and in all traffic and weather conditions.  It's important that every

SWANA has proposed three amendments to the RISE Act of 2007, introduced this week by Senators Snowe (R-ME) and Carper (D-DE). In a letter to the Senators, SWANA requested: a revision of the defin

As directed by its International Board, the Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) has begun work updating three of its current training courses: Construction & Demolition Debris, M

The Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA), on Friday, May 18, 2007, sent a letter to Senator Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) urging him to include waste-to-energy as a renewable energy resource i

Over 250 attendees viewed an interactive, online, educational session on the ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of United Haulers Association v. Oneida-Herkimer Solid Waste Management A

The U.S. Supreme Court, today, issued a decision in the case of United Haulers Association v. Oneida-Herkimer Solid Waste Management Authority. By a 6-3 margin, the high court ruled that local or

The Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) submitted comments on Mar. 19, 2007 to Chairman John Dingell (D-Mich.) of the Committee on Energy and Commerce regarding a national greenhouse

The International Solid Waste Association (ISWA) has appointed W. Gregory Vogt to be the new Managing Director of its global organization. Vogt assumed the role on April 1. He replaces Mrs. Suzan

Allan T. Chan, Senior Analyst for the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) presented the recently released GAO report Recycling: Additional Efforts Could Increase Municipal R