Solid Waste Association of North America
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The Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) is the leading professional association in the solid waste field in North America. SWANA serves over 7,200 members throughout North America)<ref>Solid Waste Association of North America</ref>, and thousands more with conferences, certifications, publications, and technical training courses all related to the field of waste management.
SWANA has three aims:
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[edit] Educate
- Technical Divisions
- Collection & Transfer
- Communication, education & marketing
- Landfill gas
- Landfill management
- Planning & management
- Special waste management
- Waste reduction, recycling & composting
- Incineration
- Symposia: These specialty courses are designed to educate, train, and provide networking opportunities for all attendees.
- Certification: SWANA members can be certified in the following areas:
- Training: In addition to event training, SWANA offers classroom training, E-Courses, On-Site training, online courses, and home study courses which can help you to have a successful solid waste career.
[edit] Innovate
Applied Research Foundation: This foundation supports SWANA by leveraging research dollars for issues addressing important solid waste concerns.
Awards: The select few who have excelled significantly are rewarded by SWANA.
- Excellence Award
- Professional Achievement Award
[edit] Communicate
SWANA communicates through a number of media including:
- Chapters: SWANA offers forty-five local chapters in which attendees can participate in forums, training sessions, local legislation, and networking.
- Advocacy: SWANA is an advocacy association that identifies sound solid waste management policies while implementing strategies to advance these positions.
- Journal & Newsletters: SWANA members receive updates of today’s trends and tomorrow’s emerging technologies in the monthly journal MSW Management, in addition to a monthly newsletter: MSW Solutions.
[edit] Wastecon
SWANA hosts WASTECON which is the main conference in the solid waste field in North America. This is the only conference run by and for solid waste professionals in Northern America. The largest conference and exhibition in the global waste management industry is the Chartered Institute of Wastes Management conference held annually in Paignton, UK.
[edit] See also
- Chartered Institute of Wastes Management SWANA
- International Solid Waste Association ISWA
- Waste
- Waste management
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