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November 13, 2025

8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.

Reinnovating Waste Management: Findings from Georgia’s Waste Characterization Study

Areas of Focus: Planning and Management, Sustainable Materials Management

8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.

Developing and Funding an Advanced Leachate Treatment Solution for a Rural MSW Landfill

Areas of Focus: Landfill Management, PFAS Management, Planning and Management, State and Federal Legislation

8:30 a.m. - 9:25 a.m.

Revive & Thrive: The Repair Revolution

Areas of Focus: Communication, Education and Marketing, Sustainable Materials Management

8:30 a.m. - 9:25 a.m.

Updates from the Compost Council of Canada and the US Compost Council

8:30 a.m. - 9:25 a.m.

Lights, Cameras, Cooperation: Building Trust in AI Safety

Areas of Focus: Collection and Transfer, Innovation, Safety, Workforce

8:30 a.m. - 9:55 a.m.

Strengthening Safety Standards: NWRA & SWANA Joint Committee Session

Areas of Focus: Safety

9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.

Organics Management: The California Story

Areas of Focus: Communication, Education and Marketing, Sustainable Materials Management

9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.

Tension Bringing Your Landfill Cover Down? A Case Study of the Diagnosis and Repair of a Composite Cover System in Failure

Areas of Focus: Landfill Management

3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Waste to Energy on Steroids: Design and Permitting of a New Mass-Burn Waste to Energy Project in Anchorage

Areas of Focus: PFAS Management, Waste to Energy

3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

From Data to Decisions: Enhancing Methane Recovery and Risk Reduction in Landfills

Areas of Focus: Innovation, Landfill Gas Management

3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Combating an Industry Crisis: Investments in Risk Management and Public Education

Areas of Focus: Battery Management and Fire Prevention, Communication, Education and Marketing, Safety

3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Is Recycling Always the Right Answer?

Areas of Focus: Landfill Management, Planning and Management, Sustainable Materials Management

3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Two Storms, One Plan: Building Resilience Through Adaptive Debris Management

Areas of Focus: Disaster Debris, Planning and Management, Workforce

3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Tariffs and Their Impact on Waste & Recycling

Areas of Focus: Planning and Management, State and Federal Legislation

3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Engaging with the Future: A Fireside Chat with the SWANA Young Professionals Steering Committee

Areas of Focus: Planning and Management, Workforce

3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

How Local Policy Is Transitioning a Utah Waste District Toward a Circular Economy

Areas of Focus: Communication, Education and Marketing, Planning and Management, State and Federal Legislation, Sustainable Materials Management

3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Don't Flirt with Fire — Preventing Landfill Fires and How They Differ from Other Fires

Areas of Focus: Battery Management and Fire Prevention, Landfill Management, Safety

3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

From Trash to Terawatts: Unlocking the Potential of Waste-to-Energy in a Decarbonizing World

Areas of Focus: Waste to Energy

3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Technology Innovations in Landfill Operations at Lanchester Landfill

Areas of Focus: Innovation, Landfill Gas Management, Landfill Management, Safety

4:15 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.

Planning for Integrated Solid Waste Management: A Deep Dive into Funding Mechanisms

Areas of Focus: Planning and Management

4:15 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.

Novel Adsorbent for Leachate Treatment Systems

Areas of Focus: Landfill Management, PFAS Management

4:15 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.

Landfill Methane Regulations: Colorado’s Evolving Landscape and National Implications

Areas of Focus: Landfill Gas Management, State and Federal Legislation

4:15 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.

From Mandates to Momentum: Driving Composting Compliance in Multifamily Housing

Areas of Focus: Communication, Education and Marketing, Planning and Management, Sustainable Materials Management

4:15 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.

Behind the Scenes at Single-Stream and Manufacturing MRFs

Areas of Focus: Innovation, Planning and Management, Sustainable Materials Management

4:15 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.

Future of Plastics Recycling: Global Plastic Treaty Updates and Advancements in Plastic Recycling

Areas of Focus: Innovation, Planning and Management, State and Federal Legislation, Sustainable Materials Management

4:15 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.

Diverting Waste from the Working Face

Areas of Focus: Innovation, Landfill Management, Planning and Management

4:45 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.

Mentor Magic: Strategies for Making Impactful Connections and Elevating Others

Areas of Focus: Planning and Management, Workforce

4:45 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.

Smart Technologies to Unlock More Productivity

Areas of Focus: Innovation, Workforce

November 14, 2025

8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.

Advancing Landfill Reclamation for Sustainable Waste Management: The Time Has Come (Again)

Areas of Focus: Landfill Gas Management, Landfill Management, Planning and Management, State and Federal Legislation

8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.

Case Study: St. Louis County Landfill Geothermal Heat Recovery and Leachate PFAS Treatment Systems Project

Areas of Focus: PFAS Management

8:30 a.m. - 9:25 a.m.

Lights, Cameras, Cooperation: Building Trust in AI Safety

Areas of Focus: Collection and Transfer, Innovation, Safety, Workforce

8:30 a.m. - 9:25 a.m.

Love It or Hate It? Memorable Marketing for Sustainable Behavior Change

Areas of Focus: Communication, Education and Marketing

8:30 a.m. - 9:25 a.m.

How San Diego Balanced Data, People, and Process to Launch its First Solid Waste Fee in Over 100 Years

Areas of Focus: Collection and Transfer, Communication, Education and Marketing, Planning and Management

8:30 a.m. - 9:25 a.m.

Leading Safety: Building a Strong Safety Culture Through Leadership

Areas of Focus: Safety, Workforce

8:30 a.m. - 9:25 a.m.

Partnerships to Achieve Textile Circularity

Areas of Focus: Collection and Transfer, Innovation, Planning and Management, Sustainable Materials Management

9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.

Organics Management: The California Story

Areas of Focus: Communication, Education and Marketing, Sustainable Materials Management

9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.

PFAS Leachate Treatment at Composting Facilities

Areas of Focus: PFAS Management, Sustainable Materials Management

9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.

You Thinking P3? Partnership Strategies for Renewable Natural Gas Projects

Areas of Focus: Landfill Gas Management, Planning and Management, Sustainable Materials Management

2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Turning Data Into Action: Independent Research Shaping the Future of Waste and Recycling

Areas of Focus: Battery Management and Fire Prevention, Landfill Gas Management, Landfill Management, Planning and Management, State and Federal Legislation

2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

From Saturation to Solution: Remediating Legacy Unlined Landfill Sites

Areas of Focus: Landfill Gas Management, Landfill Management, Planning and Management

2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Don't Flirt with Fire — Preventing Landfill Fires and How They Differ from Other Fires

Areas of Focus: Battery Management and Fire Prevention, Landfill Management, Safety

2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Hydrogen, Electric, AI: Integrating and Leveraging Emerging Technologies in Collections

Areas of Focus: Collection and Transfer, Innovation

2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Leveraging Fees for Smarter Solid Waste Management: Policy, Practice, and a Successful Case Study

Areas of Focus: Planning and Management

2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Two Storms, One Plan: Building Resilience Through Adaptive Debris Management

Areas of Focus: Disaster Debris, Planning and Management, Workforce

2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Settlement Accommodation Plan Permitting and Implementation at the Franklin County Sanitary Landfill

Areas of Focus: Innovation, Landfill Gas Management, Landfill Management, Planning and Management, State and Federal Legislation

2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Disaster Debris Management: Lessons from Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico

Areas of Focus: Disaster Debris, Planning and Management

2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

When Vapes Ignite: Addressing Fires and EPR Solutions in Our Waste & Recycling Infrastructure

Areas of Focus: Battery Management and Fire Prevention, State and Federal Legislation

3:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.

A Blueprint for Full-Circle Recycling: A Next-Gen MRF Case Study

Areas of Focus: Innovation, Sustainable Materials Management

3:15 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.

Engaging with the Future: A Fireside Chat with the SWANA Young Professionals Steering Committee

Areas of Focus: Planning and Management, Workforce

3:15 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.

EPR for HHW and Batteries: Reducing Risk, Increasing Funding, and Effectiveness

Areas of Focus: Battery Management and Fire Prevention, Collection and Transfer, Safety, State and Federal Legislation, Sustainable Materials Management

3:15 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.

Building Resilience: Using Captives and a Best-in-Class Risk Management Approach to Secure Insurance and Drive Loss Control Excellence

Areas of Focus: Battery Management and Fire Prevention, Safety, State and Federal Legislation, Workforce

3:15 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.

Solid Waste in the (Small) City

Areas of Focus: Innovation, Sustainable Materials Management

3:15 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.

Shaping the Future of Solid Waste: How to Attract and Retain Young Professionals

Areas of Focus: State and Federal Legislation, Workforce

3:15 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.

Artificial Intelligence: Applications and Limitations

Areas of Focus: Innovation

3:15 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.

Real-Time, Real Safe: Modernizing Waste Site Slope Stability with Remote Monitoring

Areas of Focus: Innovation, Landfill Management, Planning and Management, Safety

4:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Take Charge: Watt to Do with Batteries

Areas of Focus: Battery Management and Fire Prevention, Collection and Transfer, Communication, Education and Marketing, Planning and Management, Safety

4:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Regional Approach to Solid Waste Management and Navigating Waste's Complex Regulatory Future

Areas of Focus: Innovation, Planning and Management, State and Federal Legislation, Sustainable Materials Management

4:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Unwrapping the Future: Scaling Plastic Film Recycling Through Pilot Programs and Master Service Agreements

Areas of Focus: Collection and Transfer, Sustainable Materials Management

4:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

What's the Relationship Between Gas Collection and Methane Emissions?

Areas of Focus: Innovation, Landfill Gas Management

4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Cincy Freeze and Feed

Areas of Focus: Innovation, Sustainable Materials Management

4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Landfill Gas 101

Areas of Focus: Landfill Gas Management

4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Planning with Intelligence: Ethical AI Applications in Modern Solid Waste Management

Areas of Focus: Innovation, Landfill Gas Management, Landfill Management, Planning and Management

4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

SWANA Applied Research Foundation Reports

Areas of Focus: Innovation, Planning and Management

November 15, 2025

8:00 a.m. - 8:55 a.m.

Landfill Monitoring for the 21st Century

Areas of Focus: Innovation

8:00 a.m. - 8:55 a.m.

The Goldilocks Zone: How Data and Survey Techniques Can Be Just Right for Your Small, Medium, and Large Projects

Areas of Focus: Communication, Education and Marketing

8:00 a.m. - 8:55 a.m.

Tag, You’re It! Public Sector, Private Sector, and Academic Perspectives on Orange County Utilities’ Cart Tagging Program

Areas of Focus: Collection and Transfer, Communication, Education and Marketing, Sustainable Materials Management

9:15 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.

Is the Waste Conversion Industry Dying?

Areas of Focus: Waste Conversion, Waste to Energy

9:15 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.

From Turnover to Traction: Data that Proves the Field Is the Fix

Areas of Focus: Workforce

9:15 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.

Take Charge: Watt to Do with Batteries

Areas of Focus: Battery Management and Fire Prevention, Collection and Transfer, Communication, Education and Marketing, Planning and Management, Safety

10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

Biosolids Disposal in the Age of PFAS

Areas of Focus: Landfill Management, PFAS Management, Planning and Management, State and Federal Legislation

10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

Landfill Leachate Pre-Treatment: A Case Study

Areas of Focus: Landfill Management, PFAS Management, Planning and Management, State and Federal Legislation

10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

Regional Approach to Food Waste Diversion: Collaboration Among Governments and Local Stakeholders

Areas of Focus: Sustainable Materials Management

10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

Safer Is Smarter: How AI Is Revolutionizing Waste Collection

Areas of Focus: Collection and Transfer, Communication, Education and Marketing, Safety