SWANA Publications

This document was prepared by the SWANA Landfill Gas and Biogas Management Division’s Field Practices Committee and is based on its professional assessment of current practices and procedures relating to the control, recovery, and utilization of...

This document was prepared by the SWANA Landfill Gas Management Division.

Needlestick injuries are a serious risk to waste industry workers, especially in MRFs where sorting recyclables on picking lines and similar activities can put employees in contact with sharps and, as a result, blood borne pathogens. Historically,...

These case studies report on three successful siting efforts.

This manual is the product of several contributors rrom SWANA's Landfill Gas Management Technical Division's Generation and Modeling Committee.

This manual of practice • intended to be a source of information for both the inexperienced and the experienced landfill gas system operator.

This document was prepared by the Solid Waste Association of North America's Landfill Reclamation Task Force and is based on its professional assessment of current practices and procedures

An estimated 170 million tons of municipal solid waste (MSW) were discarded in the United States in 1990.

This is the second version of SWANA’s Construction Specifications for Landfill Gas Conveyance Systems.

Each year SWANA/GRCDA holds a number of meetings.

This exclusive SWANA report is a listing of 26 known solid waste conversion technology projects in North America.

Promoting Mercury Containing Lamp Recycling Programs: A Guide for Solid Waste Managers (2004)

Solid Waste Enterprise Funds: A Review of Four Case Study Communities Planning & Management (1993)

As state and federal mandates forced localities to build and operate sophisticated, environmentally-sound waste processing and disposal facilities, local officials spent hundreds of millions of dollars through long-term financial commitments.