SWANA has been invited to join the U.S. Plastics Pact, one of several new national and cross-border initiatives established to put the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s New Plastics Economy initiative [...]
SAFETY UPDATES Free Face Coverings for Solid Waste Workers – SWANA is now collecting orders online for free cloth face coverings through July 17 on behalf of anyone working in the U.S. [...]
Council of The Great Lakes Region The Council of the Great Lakes Region is offering a free webinar titled: Regional Approaches to Fuel Local Circular Economies: Great Lakes Region. This webinar [...]
SAFETY UPDATES Coronavirus/COVID-19 Updates – It’s hard to believe that our last update was posted just a week ago. So much has changed, where do we begin? First, let’s talk [...]
SAFETY UPDATES Coronavirus/Covid-19 – Many workplaces and communities are concerned about the potential risks of exposure to the coronavirus (COVID-19). All of us are looking for ways to [...]
SAFETY ALERT Recently, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) today released the 2018 National Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries showing refuse and recyclable [...]
SAFETY ALERT On November 7, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released the 2018 employer-reported injury and illness data showing an increase in the solid waste collection employee [...]
Member Contact Resources: Do you know someone that is a member of the Hoosier Chapter, but you don’t know how to contact them? It’s your lucky day! SWANA has a way for members to [...]
SAFETY ALERT On Wednesday, November 13 at approximately 6:50 a.m., a passenger vehicle struck a residential Rumpke truck on U.S. 50 outside of Medora, Indiana. The passenger vehicle had one [...]
IT’S NOT TOO LATE! SLOW DOWN TO GET AROUND ALL YEAR Hoosier Chapter of SWANA Supports Slow Down To Get Around October 13 – 19, 2019 may have been the ‘official’ [...]