Resources

SWANA Symposium 2024

Presentations

Training

Novice or veteran solid waste professional, achieve the goals you set for yourself with SWANA Training and Certification. Need help working smarter, incorporating best practices and new technologies, managing and leading better? SWANA can help. Refer to the national SWANA organization webpage for additional training and certifications opportunities: https://swana.org/training-certification

Our local Utah SWANA chapter provides training opportunities during our Symposium (typically every even-numbered year in Springdale, Utah) and at our Networking Event (typically every odd-numbered year in South Jordan, UT). Our current Networking Event will be taking place this April 13, 2023. Other local training events include “lunch-and-learns” that take place (typically once per month) at various locations in the Salt Lake City area. If you wish to host a monthly learning event at your facility, or you have a vendor that is willing to provide a learning opportunity, please contact a Utah SWANA board member. Refer to the Utah SWANA website’s Calendar for current planned training and learning events.

SWANA advocates for the advancement from solid waste to resource management. SWANA works with members, members of Congress and their staff, administration officials, and regulatory agencies at the federal, state, and provincial level to advocate on issues of vital interest to the solid waste and recycling industry. Refer to the national SWANA webpage for additional information.

Our Utah SWANA chapter strives to stay current with proposed changes to Utah state legislation and regulatory updates that may impact our solid waste industry. We invite regulators to our membership events to learn about proposed changes. We will also present information on this webpage as it becomes available.

Legislative & Regulatory Agenda

As a member benefit, national SWANA members receive a bimonthly email newsletter: I am SWANA News, which includes:

  • Tracks hot topics

  • Presents expert findings

  • Shapes the future of the solid waste industry

NOTE: You must be a member of a SWANA Technical Division to receive the newsletter. The most recent issue of I am SWANA News is linked on this page for public viewing (to give an idea of what to expect from this member benefit).

Our local Utah SWANA Chapter will periodically send email notices to members, which may include information for upcoming member gatherings, including networking events, lunch-and-learns, or other training and business related events.

Newsletter

Our local Utah SWANA chapter is always looking for ways to improve and to provide membership with quality opportunities for professional development, training, and networking. Please contact any of the board members present your ideas and/or to participate. Periodically, the board may issue short electronic surveys (e.g., Survey Monkey) to gather additional and anonymous thoughts from our membership to determine what additional services we can provide, improvements we can make, and how we can make our Utah solid waste industry more productive and safer.

Surveys

Solid Waste and Waste Related Organizations

International Swana

Solid Waste Association of North America

SWANA Utah Beehive Chapter

SWANA Utah Beehive Chapter By-Laws

Waste Management and Recycling

Utah Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control (formerly Division of Solid and Hazardous Waste)

Utah Division of Air Quality

Recycling in Utah (including information on recycling used oil)

Links