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SWANA's Applied Research Foundation supports SWANA's mission of 'advancing the practice' by conducting collectively-funded research on pressing solid waste issues that are identified and selected by the Foundation's subscribers.  

Subscribers provide "penny per ton" contributions - based on the amount of waste that they manage - to support and participate in the Foundation's research activities on an annual basis.
 

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Subscribers are directly involved through:

• Identifying and defining research topics
• Participating in two project review meetings held in conjunction with related SWANA symposia 
• Networking with local government and private sector leaders in the research topic of interest 
• Providing research data and reviewing interim results and final work products. 

SWANA's ARF Subscribers Targeted Four Solid Waste Research Topics:
 Collection | Recycling | Waste-to-Energy | Disposal 

Collection Research Group

Primary Research Focus for FY2010:
Benchmarking the Costs and Performance of Solid Waste Collection Services - FY 2010 Update

Collection Research Reports

• NEW REPORT! The Benchmarking of Solid Waste Collection Services: FY 2008 Report    

Recycling Research Group

Primary Research Focus for FY2010:
Sustainable Funding Strategies for Local Government Recycling Programs

Recycling Research Reports

• NEW REPORT! Curbside Collection of Residential Food Waste
  - FREE TO SWANA MEMBERS - 
• Recycling and Disposal of Discarded Consumer Electronics
  - FREE TO SWANA MEMBERS - 
• Dual Collections of Municipal Solid Waste and Yard Wastes 
• Source Separation and Collection of Food Wastes from Multi-Family Buildings  

Waste-to-Energy Research Group

Primary Research Focus for FY2010:
Waste-To-Energy as a Clean, Renewable Energy Source

Waste-to-Energy Research Reports

• NEW REPORT! Waste-to-Energy and the Solid Waste Management Hierarchy 
• Comparison of Emissions from Waste-To-Energy and Coal-Fired Power Plants
  - FREE TO SWANA MEMBERS - 
• Comparison of Air Emissions from Waste-To-Energy  and Fossil Fueled Power Plants 

Disposal Research Group

Primary Research Focus for FY2010:
The Long Term Management and Care of Subtitle D Landfills

Disposal Research Reports

• NEW REPORT! Benchmarking the Performance and Costs of MSW Landfills  
• NEW REPORT! Long Term Environmental Risks of Subtitle D Landfills  
• Cost-Effectiveness of Processing C&D Wastes and Markets for Recovered C&D Materials
  - FREE TO SWANA MEMBERS - 
• Economic Analysis of Landfill Gas Turbines
  - FREE TO SWANA MEMBERS - 
• Landfill Stormwater Runoff Standards
  - FREE TO SWANA MEMBERS -  
• A Solid Waste Manager's Guide to the Bioreactor Landfill 
• Landfill Gas Collection System Efficiencies 
• Landfill Airpspace Untilization:  Measurement & Management  
• The Trend Toward Regional Privately-Owned Landfills  
• Moisture Measurement in Municipal Solid Waste Landfills  
• The Effectiveness of MSW Landfills in Controlling Heavy Metal Releases to the Environment  

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Contact Jeremy O’Brien, P.E., Director of Applied Research for questions regarding the Applied Research Foundation.