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Hydraulic oil and glass spills on City streets and in Gated Communities

By Michael Hahn posted 22 days ago
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I'm the Solid Waste Manager for the City of Port St. Lucie, Florida. We have been experiencing an ongoing problem with hydraulic oil spills and glass spills on GSP side loaders.  With regards to glass spills, these trucks from my understanding weren't designed for recycling but rather, for the collection of solid waste. Is that true? The contractor is currently retrofitting these trucks to mitigate the glass spills. Regarding hydraulic oil spills, as I write this, we had a large hydraulic spill in a gated community. And I don't know why, but the gated communities seem to get the lions share of the spills. We have quite a few of them so I suppose the law of ...
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YP Spotlight: Lee Daigle

By Shelby Truxon posted 10-12-2020
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The SWANA Young Professionals (YP) group continues to grow and expand across the country. SWANA YP members have been busy this past year speaking at SWANA events, leading teams, mentoring students and making strides in every aspect of the industry. With more than 1,000 YPs, their accomplishments are certainly something to be very proud of. Meet this year's SWANA YP Spotlights! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Meet Lee Daigle, Senior ...
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Sustainable Wastewater Treatment - Case Study

By Corina Sheridan posted 09-22-2020
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Location:   MULTIPLE Industry:   Municipal   Wastewater  Treatment Project Type:   Sludge Dryer Exhaust Project Goal:   To Create Fertilizer from Biosolids Equipment Type:   Regenerative Thermal Oxidizer Executive Summary:   Gulf Coast Environmental Systems was tasked with finding the best available solution for sludge drying exhaust at a wastewater facility that allows for clean fertilizer production. Client Overview:   This client is a long-standing customer of GCES having purchased 7 units since 2014. They are an engineering firm that is active in 5 major industries: hydrogen, pulp and paper, metals, separation, and biofuels. With ...
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GPS Fleet Tracking

By Anthony Cristillo posted 09-21-2020
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Contact us today for your free quote on a GPS fleet tracking solution for your fleet. GPSHARRISBURG.COM
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Thermal Ammonia Removal and Recovery from Leachate

By Bryan Johnson posted 08-26-2020
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Thermally-driven ammonia stripping was developed by Organics to offer an alternative route to that of pH adjustment for continuous-process ammonia stripping. With a thermally-driven stripper no chemical additions are required. I've started this blog post to gauge the interest within SWANA.  If it is of interest, we'll put together a multi-part series of posts covering ammonia removal, recovery and re-use options. The single important input for the thermal ammonia removal system is waste-heat with which to drive the chemical reactions. If waste-heat is not available, the fuel-cost can be as prohibitive as that of chemical additions or carbon source requirements. ...
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Driver Incentive Programs

By CHRISTIE MURPHY posted 08-12-2020
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Hi,  I have been on the municipal side of the Solid Waste industry for 17 years.  I have worn many hats during this time, with the last 3.5 years being in management.  There are so many challenges that we encompass each day, as many others do, I'm sure.  Because the industry seems to have such a huge turnaround with drivers/helpers due to the pay and/or nature of the job, I feel it hard to build a good reliable team.  We collect solid waste 5 days a week, between trash, recycle yard waste and bulk for just over 4K residents.  We seem to have quite a bit of missed collections each day, drivers who call out often, drivers who just want to drive and go home and ...
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Damaged Carts

By Carl Burch posted 07-31-2020
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With more tight budgets we are investigating repairing the cracked damaged carts at our municipality.  We are looking at the plastic weld system and are wondering if anyone else has tried this, or other methods to repair carts?  Has anyone had success with repairing damaged carts and if so what is the repair method used?
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Masks

By June Crosser posted 07-24-2020
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Just read a very nice article on SWANA ordering and distributing masks to area SW/Recycling organizations to keep them safe. Many states are now issuing mandatory face masks, Ohio included, how would I obtain free masks from SWANA to keep my employees safe?
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Western Stars and Autocars at Crows

By Bill Merical posted 07-07-2020
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​We stock and trade and it helps us offer more to the end users.
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Project Manager & Truck Drivers Performance Review Samples

By Jai Jsharma94066@gmail.Com posted 04-29-2020
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Can someone please help in guiding or providing samples of performance reviews for the above.  Please reach out to me at jsharma94066@gmail.com.  Jai Sharma.
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Business plan writing or sample for waste collection

By Nancy Yowa posted 04-15-2020
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I m working on a business plan. Does anyone have a sample business plan to share or maybe refer me to people who can assist in writing one? Thank you
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Need help writing a business plan.

By Nancy Yowa posted 04-14-2020
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Is there people on this network who can assist in writing a business plan or is there a business plan sample that can be shared. Please let me know.  Thank you
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Looking for student from U.C DAVIS

By Nancy Yowa posted 04-14-2020
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Hello everyone, I am looking for any student from UC Davis specifically from the environment sector. I heard that students can assist with feasibility studies and other projects. Please contact me even if you are from another university.  I will appreciate very much
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seeking funding for a feasibility study

By Nancy Yowa posted 04-01-2020
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Hello everyone, Is there a university that funds feasibility study in other countries when it comes to starting a collection of waste?
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Fleet tracking

By Anthony Cristillo posted 03-28-2020
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Good morning everyone. Please contact us if you are looking for a fleet tracking solution or if you already have one in place contact us to compare prices. We look forward to hearing from you. Www.gpsharrisburg.com or 717-554-7512
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Roll off container tracking

By Anthony Cristillo posted 03-27-2020
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GPS Solutions is now offering a tracking device for roll off containers.  If you are looking for an easy way to keep track of where your containers are and how long they have been at a location contact me Anthony Cristillo 717-554-7512
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M.S. Thesis Survey - Recycling Program Management at the Local Level

By Keanah Turner posted 03-17-2020
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Hello, My name is Keanah Turner and I am a graduate student in the Environmental Science and Policy Department at George Mason University. I am currently in the process of completing my master’s thesis which has focused on identifying problems associated with recycling program management at the local level. Understanding the factors that influence the management of public recycling programs as well as the role local governments can play is critical since it may reveal why the recycling rate has stagnated and identify areas for improvement. In the past 10 years waste management and subsequently recycling program management has experienced a shift in operations ...
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WTE RFP Waste Management

By Macey Shapiro posted 02-13-2020
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20-087P: Waste Management Project Issue Date: February 12, 2020 12:00 pm Close Date: May 14, 2020 04:00 pm The Matanuska-Susitna Borough (MSB) is soliciting comprehensive proposals for development of a Waste Management Project. The MSB anticipates that the scope of services to be provided for the Project by the contractor (the “Company”) will include responsibility for designing, permitting, financing, constructing, commissioning, acceptance testing, operating and maintaining the Facility(ies) and required support facilities for an initial Term. Following the initial Term, this agreement shall remain in effect with up to two 5-year extensions ...
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I am studying Cradle To Grave Laws, used to place ewaste costs back on manufacturer

By Robert Ballantyne posted 11-18-2019
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I am currently searching for research or people whom have explored using Cradle To Grave Laws to dispose of Ewaste. Ewaste traditionally has cost municipalities large sums of money to deal with at the solid waste disposal site.  My interest is if this can be collected and sorted by manufacturer and then sent back to the manufacturer for proper disposal under the cradle to grave rules. Understand my intent here is to make these producer come to the table with a "waste funded up front fee" to help deal with all this.  In our area I live rural enough that every weekend is toss you old computer in a field days! I have started small just collecting the items along ...
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MSW Collection Certification course

By Shauwn Clark posted 11-15-2019
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Good Morning. I was wondering if any local chapters or any states are planning on offering the MSW Collection Systems Certification course. I have to get certified and I cannot seem to find a location that is offering the course. My hope is someone is planning this and has not made it public yet. I was hoping that it would be offered at SWANApalooza in Atlanta but from my understanding it will not be offered there. Please email me at sclark@largo.com if you have information. Thanks!
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