March 6 Weekly Wrap-Up

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SWANA's weekly wrap-up will keep you up-to-date with everything that is happening in SWANA and the solid waste industry.

It is with a heavy heart we say goodbye to one of SWANA's founding members, JW Spear, Sr. JW was one of the first and longest MOLO instructors and an amazing addition to our SWANA Faculty. Our thoughts are with his family and friends. He will be greatly missed. Read More

Industry Watch

Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment-Division of Environmental Quality Quarterly Newsletter: January 2020. Read More

Gautier garbage man wins third $10,000 safety award. Read More

Hefty® diverts one million pounds of hard-to-recycle plastics from landfills. Read More

House lawmakers debate regulatory role of federal government in plastics and recycling.Read More

ISRI offers way forward for residential recycling during congressional testimony. Read More

Macon-Bibb County, GA Solid Waste Department: changing with the times. Read More

Nashua sanitation workers rescue cat that could have been crushed in garbage truck. Read More

New coalition aims to advance polypropylene recycling despite viability questions. Read More

Recycling plants are catching on fire, and lithium-ion batteries are to blame. Read More

How San Antonio’s Solid Waste Department cut accidents in half. Read More

Shenandoah County limits recycling. Read More