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SWANA OFFSETS CARBON EMISSIONS FROM 2008 EVENTS
Thursday, May 22, 2008 (630 reads)


The Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) is taking a strong step toward further reducing SWANA’s impact on the environment by purchasing carbon emission offsets for the association’s events. Carbon offsets, which are measured as carbon dioxide equivalents, are a financial instrument that offset greenhouse gas emissions from a particular activity.  



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JOHN SKINNER TO ADDRESS CLIMATE-WASTE CONNECTION
Thursday, May 22, 2008 (738 reads)


Silver Spring, MD (May 1, 2008)—SWANA Executive Director and CEO John Skinner, Ph.D., has been invited to speak at the New Frontiers in Recycling and Waste Management Conference at the University of Maryland, College Park, on Wednesday, June 25, 2008. Skinner will discuss SWANA’s new initiative “The Energy, Climate & Waste Connection” that will discuss how the solid waste industry can play an influential role in the creation of alternative energy sources to reduce the effects of global warming and climate change.



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WASTECON 2008 Registration Open
Thursday, May 15, 2008 (396 reads)


Silver Spring, MD (May 5, 2008) —The Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) released the registration brochure for WASTECON 2008 today.  WASTECON, SWANA’s biggest annual event, is the only international solid waste trade show for and by solid waste professionals, and the industry has been excitedly awaiting details of the 2008 conference and show.



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