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title: January 17 Weekly Wrap-Up
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# [January 17 Weekly Wrap-Up](https://blog.swana.org/weeklywrapup-jan17)

 Written by [Sarah Beidleman](https://blog.swana.org/author/sarah-beidleman) | Jan 17, 2020 9:00:00 PM

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

## Industry Watch

**SWANA **welcomes new marketing and digital communications director. [Read More](https://swana.org/News/NewsDetail.aspx?nc=426)

How to collect waste like a behavioral scientist. [Read More](https://blogs.worldbank.org/voices/how-collect-waste-behavioral-scientist?CID=WBW_AL_BlogNotification_EN_EXT)

**Canada** aims to ban single-use plastics by 2021. [Read More](https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2019/06/canada-single-use-plastics-ban-2021/?fbclid=IwAR1MnBJa0utixK-9DPg_lcY2BCh1fiJ-GtWLVrV9NV8KRizB-EdmYmyfvUM)

How to start composting at home in **Chicago. [Read More](https://chicago.curbed.com/2020/1/13/21064208/composting-chicago-apartment-services-options?fbclid=IwAR3tzD399Bc_zObTC0yTsEmF9DosKshaVAPr-Hs18llEg6XVfuhYrJSnlgs)**

Two **GBB** consultants achieve zero waste certifications. **[Read More](http://gbbinc.com/press_release/two-gbb-consultants-achieve-zero-waste-certifications)**

New **Georgia bill** would require coal ash to be treated like MSW. [Read More](https://www.wastedive.com/news/georgia-coal-ash-cleanup-trash-waste-opportunity/570479/)

**India **to enforce 1% contamination rate on paper imports, conduct random inspections. **[Read More](https://www.wastedive.com/news/india-enforce-contamination-rate-inspections-paper-imports/570427/)**

A **Maine paper mill's **unexpected savior: China. [Read More](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/15/us/maine-mill-china.html)

As **New York City **struggles to reduce waste, elected officials talk trash. [Read More](https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/city-hall/story/2020/01/16/as-city-struggles-to-reduce-waste-elected-leaders-talk-trash-1251941)

**Oregon** WTE facility may get renewable energy status. [Read More](https://www.waste360.com/waste-energy/oregon-wte-facility-may-get-renewable-energy-status)

One thing we can do: fix **recycling. [Read More](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/15/climate/nyt-climate-newsletter-recycling.html)**

Keep **recycling:** some say financial challenges in the industry could spur innovation. [Read More](https://www.mprnews.org/story/2020/01/15/keep-recycling-some-say-financial-challenges-in-the-industry-could-spur-innovation)

 

 

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