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JEFFREY MORRIS TO KEYNOTE SWANA’S WASTE REDUCTION, RECYCLING & COMPOSTING SYMPOSIUM
Tuesday, December 21, 2004 (329 reads)
JEFFREY MORRIS TO KEYNOTE SWANA’S
WASTE REDUCTION, RECYCLING & COMPOSTING SYMPOSIUM
THE CONTROVERSIAL SOLID WASTE ECONOMIST WILL DISCUSS HOW MANAGERS CAN REVERSE WASTE DIVERSION DOWNTRENDS
Silver Spring, MD (December 21, 2004) – Dr. Jeffrey Morris, with Sound Resource Management (Seattle, WA), will deliver a keynote address on February 7, 2005 at SWANA’s Winter Technical Symposium in West Palm Beach, Florida. Morris will share his recent and surprising findings on energy conservation and pollution prevention from diversion efforts that refute common myths about recycling - and that support more aggressive but sustainable approaches to waste diversion.
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SWANA JOINS RENEWABLE ENERGY BUSINESS ALLIANCE
Monday, December 20, 2004 (304 reads)
SWANA JOINS RENEWABLE ENERGY BUSINESS ALLIANCE
GROUP HOPES TO INCREASE AND EXTEND TAX CREDITS FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
Silver Spring, MD (December 20, 2004) – The Solid Waste Association has joined with representatives of other renewable energy industries to advocate for an extension and increase of the tax credits for these energy sources, included in the American Jobs Creation Act, H.R. 4520, which was signed into law by President Bush on October 22, 2004. SWANA has led a long-standing effort to advocate for tax credits for landfill gas (LFG) and waste-to-energy (WTE) projects.
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SWANA STAFF GROWS
Friday, December 10, 2004 (373 reads)
SWANA STAFF GROWS
PROMOTIONS AND ADDITIONS PREPARE SWANA TO TACKLE NEW CHALLENGES
Silver Spring, MD (December 10, 2004) – Several staff changes have taken place recently at SWANA Association Offices in Silver Spring, MD. Executive Director and CEO John H. Skinner, Ph. D., sees the moves as a way for SWANA to provide more services to members, as well as the solid waste community as a whole. Skinner commented, “These changes position SWANA to enhance our current offerings and better expand in new areas such as electronic training.”
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Joint Release from SWANA & NSWMA: COURT APPROVES AMICUS BRIEF FILING ON RD&D RULE
Friday, December 03, 2004 (687 reads)
COURT APPROVES AMICUS BRIEF FILING BY SWANA AND NSWMA ON RD&D RULE
FILING WAS OPPOSED BY GRASSROOTS RECYCLING NETWORK
Silver Spring, MD (December 3, 2004) – The Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) and the National Solid Wastes Management Association (NSWMA), have been granted permission by the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia to file a joint amicus (friend of the Court) brief to defend the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Final Rule on Research, Development, and Demonstration Permits for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills, issued in March 2004. The amicus brief filing by SWANA and NSWMA was opposed by the Petitioner in the lawsuit, the Grassroots Recycling Network (GRRN) on the grounds that the two organizations did not have a related interest in the proceedings.
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