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SWANA Announces 2018 Excellence Awards Winners



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 5, 2018

Sara Swanson
Marketing Coordinator
240-494-2238
sswanson@swana.org

SWANA Announces 2018 Excellence Awards Winners
Honorees to be recognized in August at WASTECON in Nashville

Silver Spring, MD – The Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) is proud to announce the winners of the 2018 Excellence Awards, featuring prominent programs and facilities in 13 different categories in a range of solid waste industry areas.

Award winners represent the most innovative and dynamic organizations throughout North America as judged by their peers, and SWANA is proud to recognize their accomplishments.

“The recipients of the SWANA Excellence Awards represent the best solid waste management practices in North America today,” said David Biderman, SWANA’s Executive Director and CEO. “Community leaders should be very proud of the valuable contributions that these projects provide to their citizens.”

SWANA’s Excellence Award Program recognizes outstanding solid waste programs and facilities that demonstrate the highest practices through their commitment to using effective technologies and processes in system design and operations, advancing worker and community health and safety, and implementing successful public education and outreach programs. Programs also exhibit that they are fiscally and environmentally responsible through their compliance with all applicable federal, state and local regulations.

The winners will be acknowledged and awarded at SWANA’s WASTECON conference in Nashville, Tennessee, on Wednesday, August 22, 2018.

Click here to see all 2018 Excellence Award winners.

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About SWANA:

The Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) is an organization of more than 10,000 public and private sector professionals committed to advancing from solid waste management to resource management through their shared emphasis on education, advocacy and research. For more than 50 years, SWANA has been the leading association in the solid waste management field. SWANA serves industry professionals through technical conferences, certifications, publications, and a large offering of technical training courses. For more information, visit swana.org.

About SWANA

The Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) is an organization of more than 10,000 public and private sector professionals committed to advancing from solid waste management to resource management through their shared emphasis on education, advocacy and research. For more than 60 years, SWANA has been the leading association in the solid waste management field. SWANA serves industry professionals through technical conferences, certifications, publications and a large offering of technical training courses.

Media Contact

Andrea Lazo
Director of Marketing & Digital Communications
(240) 494-2235
alazo@swana.org