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SWANA APPROVES PROVISIONAL CHAPTER
Wednesday, July 23, 2008 (19 reads)
Silver Spring, Md. – The Caribbean – Puerto Rico Chapter is slated to become the 46th chapter of the Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA). In a unanimous vote by SWANA’s International Board of Directors, the Caribbean – Puerto Rico Chapter was granted Provisional Chapter status during the Board’s mid-year meetings in June.
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SWANA ANNOUNCES 2008 EXCELLENCE AWARD WINNERS
Friday, July 11, 2008 (177 reads)
SWANA is pleased to announce the 2008 Excellence Awards winners. The Awards program was created to recognize outstanding facilities, operations and programs committed to the “environmentally and economically sound management of solid waste,” while at the same time, encouraging innovation.
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NSWMA AND SWANA COMMENT ON EPA GREENHOUSE GAS REPORTING
Monday, June 02, 2008 (399 reads)
Silver Spring, MD, (June 2, 2008) - In a joint letter to the U.S. EPA, the National Solid Wastes Management Association (NSWMA) and the Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) commented on the agency’s draft mandatory greenhouse gas (GHG) reporting and its potential impact on municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills. As the EPA proceeds with requirements identifying reporting sectors in this rulemaking process, NSWMA and SWANA requested the following be considered...
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SWANA OFFSETS CARBON EMISSIONS FROM 2008 EVENTS
Thursday, May 22, 2008 (480 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 (506 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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