Join us for an insightful webinar on career progression and how to prepare yourself at every stage of your professional journey. Pulling from their personal experiences, our panelists address essential topics, including setting career goals, acquiring necessary skills, networking effectively, and navigating challenges in the workplace. Whether you're just starting, looking to advance, or considering a career change, this webinar provides you with practical advice and actionable strategies to achieve your career aspirations.
Social media platforms can be powerful tools for communities and businesses to connect with program users, build communities, and share vital information. Solid waste and resource management professionals recognize the value of social media in enhancing communication, education, and engagement. This open forum delves into the innovative ways in which social media is being used in the industry. Come prepared to share what you're doing, what's working, and what isn't. Leave with valuable strategies for making social media work for you!
Join us for an engaging Shop Talk Open Forum focused on key aspects of landfill operations, including equipment utilization, daily cover practices, scale house operations, and mid- to long-term planning. This informal session is designed for SWANA members to openly discuss challenges, share best practices, and collaborate on solutions in a relaxed, interactive environment. Whether you're looking to optimize your landfill operations or gain insights from industry peers, this forum is the perfect opportunity to connect and learn. Not a SWANA member yet? Join us today and be part of the conversation!
Innovative Approaches to Zero Waste: Seattle's Strategy and SWANA's Analysis
Monday, September 12 | 2-3pm ET
SWANA is excited to offer its ARF members a unique webinar featuring a review of SWANA’s recent report on “Zero Waste Programs: An Analysis of Seattle’s Performance Data” and a presentation by Seattle on the city’s new approach to measuring zero waste impacts. There has been tremendous growth in the interest and implementation of waste diversion projects and programs in North America. Attend this webinar and you will be provided with key insights, best practices, and lessons learned from the largest, longest-standing, and most impactful zero waste program in the US. Not a member of the Applied Research Foundation (ARF)?Learn more and join!
WASTECON® 2024 Offers Something for Everyone. When you attend WASTECON, you’ll have access to nearly 50 concurrent sessions, each offering just-in-time insights from multiple technical and managerial perspectives, including:
Technical Themes: Waste Audits, Landfill Gas Management, Organics Diversion, Battery Recovery, Disaster Debris Management, and more.
Managerial and Executive Themes: Contract Administration, Economics of Waste Management, Human Resources Management, Organizational Change, and more.
The exhibit hall will feature more than 100 exhibitors, showcasing the latest technologies, equipment, and services. WASTECON Catalyst Sessions offer a unique opportunity to discover and explore the latest innovations in waste and resource management. Dozens of exhibitors will showcase their solutions in engaging 20-minute sessions, either right from their booths or in dedicated theaters on the show floor.
Start your WASTECON experience with any of these immersive and interactive tours.
WASTECON Exhibitor Spotlight: Paint Recycling Made Easy with PaintCare
PaintCare is the nonprofit organization created by the paint industry through the American Coatings Association to manage the end of life of architectural paint products in states that pass paint stewardship laws.
Since 2009, PaintCare has been operating manufacturer-led paint stewardship programs in states across the country that make paint recycling more convenient. The organization currently operates programs in California, Colorado, Connecticut, the District of Columbia, Maine, Minnesota, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington. Two additional programs are currently being planned in Illinois and Maryland.
Make A Plan for Leftover Paint
PaintCare organizes locations where households and businesses can bring leftover house paints, stains, and varnishes for recycling. These drop-off sites serve a community need for easier recycling opportunities and keep paint out of the waste stream. PaintCare operates a network of nearly 2,500 drop-off sites in the states where it operates.
To date, PaintCare has collected over 72 million gallons of paint across all programs.
In addition to providing convenient drop-off sites, PaintCare alleviates the burden of recycling larger quantities of paint, a challenge that particularly impacts painting professionals. The large volume pickup (LVP) service helps contractors and others save valuable storage space and reduce the amount of stockpiled paint. The program offers free pickups to anyone with 100 gallons or more of eligible paint. Learn whether you qualify for a pickup.
How PaintCare is Funded
The statewide paint stewardship programs are funded by a fee called the “PaintCare fee” which is applied to all sales of architectural paint sold in each state. The fee amount is based on container size and varies from one program state to another. It covers all aspects of the program, including paint collection, transportation, processing, and public education. This small fee means that those who purchase and use paint each help ensure a system to manage it.
After the Paint is Dropped Off, Here's What Happens
PaintCare works with waste transporters to collect the paint and manage it according to a hierarchy of “highest, best use.” Most of the latex paint PaintCare collects is recycled back into paint by processors, and nearly all the oil-based paint collected is used as fuel. A small portion of what is collected is unusable and is safely landfilled.
Learn More and Get Involved with PaintCare
PaintCare continues to build their network of drop-off sites and works closely with many industry organizations like SWANA to increase awareness of paint recycling opportunities in program states. Chapter leaders and participants can get involved in their home state by creating more awareness about paint recycling through online platforms and connecting with PaintCare directly. Contact PaintCare’s Corporate Communications Manager, Callie Yow to learn more about opportunities to collaborate.
PaintCare is exhibiting at WASTECON this year! Visit them this October to learn more about paint recycling or visit them online for more information.
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that the second round of funding for the Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) grants for Political Subdivisions and the SWIFR grants for Tribes and Intertribal Consortia is anticipated to be open for applications in the next few months. Sign up for the EPA listserv to receive notifications and updates on when the Notices of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) will be available on Grants.gov.
The Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling grant program is a new grant program that provides $55 million per year from Fiscal Years 2022 to 2026 to improve post-consumer materials management and infrastructure; support improvements to local post-consumer materials management and recycling programs; and assist local waste management authorities in making improvements to local waste management systems.
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