Welcome to the Colorado Rocky Mountain Chapter of SWANA,
the Solid Waste Association of North America.
Our Mission:
To advance the practice of environmentally and economically sound
municipal solid waste management.
SWANA is the oldest, largest and most well-respected professional
organization in the solid waste field. The association represents
some 7,000 solid waste professionals nationwide.
Take a moment to look around...and check out our newsletter to see
what is happening here at the Colorado Chapter. You can also
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News:
Sept23-242010
2010 Annual Conference
Colorado Rocky Mountain Swana Chapter
September 23rd & 24th, 2010, Eagle
County, Colorado
Colorado SWANA is please to announce that the 2010 Annual
Conference will be held in Eagle County, Colorado. Conference activities
will take place at the Vail Cascade
Resort & Spa.
The conference agenda is still in the planning phase; however, activities
already in placed will be:
- Thursday, September 23rd will include a full day of technical sessions
follow by the Annual Banquet in the evening.
- Friday, September 24th will include technical sessions in the morning
and a tour of the Eagle County Recycled Materials Recovery Facility
before lunch.
"Early Bird" registration has been extended to September 3, 2010.
Feb22010
2010 Winter Newsletter
The 2010 Winter Newsletter is now online for perusing. This includes
a survey of member interest in CO-SWANA hosting training or exams.
Jan292010
Legislative Information for 2009 and 2010
There has been an update for the Colorado State Legislative information
for 2009 and an initial posting for 2010.
Jan262010
"Greenhouse Gas Impacts to Solid Waste Operations" Presentations
The presentations from the January
19th training event "Greenhouse Gas Impacts to Solid
Waste Operations" have been posted.
Nov92009
Annual Meeting Presentations
The presentations from the Colorado Rocky Mountain SWANA Chapter's
Annual Meeting on October 8th - 9th, 2009 have
been posted.
Nov22009
July, August and September 2009 minutes
The July, August and September 2009
minutes are available for viewing.
Jul312009
Summer 2009 Newsletter
"From the president’s busy corner, filled with reporting,
field work, proposal writing, and life in general, To colleagues and
friends busy with the same, plus planning a summer jaunt to a favorite
spot in the Rocky Mountains, Greetings from your CO-SWANA section president.
The price of oil is on the rise. No, wait, the price is going down.
The economy is improving. No, wait, the economy hasn’t bottomed
out yet."
Read
more ...
Jul92009
Training Event - Geosynthetic Clay Liner University - August 18,
2009
This will be comprehensive
training course intended primarily for design engineers and regulatory
personnel. The focus will be on current “hot topics” related
to the design and practical considerations of GCL use in landfill
cells and caps and liquid impoundments using basic engineering principles
and real world examples. Case studies on successes and failures will
be presented. Each attendee will receive a Certificate of Professional
Development by CETCO.
Jul82009
May and June 2009 minutes
The minutes from the Board of Directors' May,
2009, telephone conference call have been posted along with the June minutes.
Jul72009
March and April 2009 minutes
Both the March and April 2009
minutes are available for viewing.
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