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For nearly 50 years, the Solid Waste Association of North America has been the leading professional association in the solid waste field. Our association serves over 7,000 members throughout North America, and thousands more with conferences, certifications, publications, and technical training courses.

Education

• Technical Divisions
  • Collection & Transfer
  • Communication, Education & Marketing
  • Landfill Gas
  • Landfill Management
  • Planning & Management
  • Recycling & Special Waste
  • Waste-to-Energy
• Symposia: These specialty conferences are designed to educate, train, and provide networking opportunities for all attendees, including WASTECON, the leading conference in the solid waste field. This is the only conference run for solid waste professionals and by solid waste professionals.
• Certification: SWANA members and industry professionals can be certified 8 disciplines within municipal solid waste.
• Training: In addition to conferences, SWANA offers classroom training, E-Courses, On-Site training, and home study courses which can help you to have a successful solid waste career.

Services

• Applied Research Foundation: This foundation supports SWANA by leveraging research dollars for issues addressing important solid waste concerns.
• Professional Services Directory: View a variety of vendors of solid waste services and products.
• Career Center: Find the latest solid waste jobs and/or candidates with the premiere job board in the industry.

Membership

• Chapters: SWANA offers forty-five convenient local chapters in which attendees can participate in forums, training sessions, local legislation, and networking.
• Advocacy: SWANA is an award-winning advocacy association that actively identifies sound solid waste management policies while implementing strategies to advance these positions.
• Journal & Newsletters: SWANA members receive updates of today’s trends and tomorrow’s emerging technologies in the monthly journal MSW Management, in addition to SWANA's monthly newsletter, MSW Solutions.
• Awards: The select few who have excelled and significantly "advanced the practice" are rewarded by SWANA.
  • Excellence Award
  • Professional Achievement Award
• Scholarships: SWANA Student Members and children/grandchildren of current members have an opportunity to earn money toward college with SWANA scholarship programs.

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