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Associations
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CWMA Virtual Conference
October 7 & 8, Online
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SWANA unveils Professional Achievement Award winners
SILVER SPRING, Maryland – The Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) has announced the recipients of its annual Professional Achievement Awards. The Professional Achievement Awards recognize SWANA members for their valuable and distinguished contributions to the association, the solid…
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SWANA renews Re-TRAC as affinity provider
Silver Spring, Maryland – The Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) has renewed its agreement with Re-TRAC Connect as a participant in SWANA’s Affinity Program. With the renewal, more services – such as the Municipal Measurement Program – are…
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Canadians want feds to fulfill plastics ban
OTTAWA – The vast majority – 86 percent – of Canadians want the government to fulfill its commitment to ban harmful single-use plastics by 2021. This compares to a similar survey conducted in 2019 that found 81 percent of Canadians…
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SWANA submits statement on recycling challenges for U.S. Senate
Silver Spring, MD – The Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) has submitted a written statement to the leadership of the U.S. Senate Committee of Environment and Public Works (EPW) concerning some of the challenges facing recycling in the…
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SWANA asks U.S. for emergency compensation
SILVER SPRING, Maryland – The Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) has sent a letter urging the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to establish a system to compensate the public and private sector solid waste and recycling industry…
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Chemistry and plastics industries come together for circular economy
OTTAWA and TORONTO – The Chemistry Industry Association of Canada (CIAC) and the Canadian Plastics Industry Association (CPIA) are joining forces to create a new plastics division to be housed within the CIAC. Pending CIAC and CPIA Board and member…
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Alliance formed to promote waste industry health and safety
SILVER SPRING, MARYLAND – The Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA), the National Waste and Recycling Association (NWRA), and the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) have signed an alliance agreement to provide SWANA members, NWRA…
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Coast Waste Management Association Networking & AGM
Friday, June 14, 2019 | 10:30 am | Arbutus Ridge Golf Club, 3515 Telegraph Road, Cobble Hill, BC
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ISRI adopts transportation policy
Washington, DC – The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) Board of Directors recently passed a transportation policy to recognize and address the challenges of transporting scrap materials to the scrapyards and to the customer in a timely, and cost…