Awards
Each year SWANA recognizes a selected few who have excelled in terms of commitment, achievements, and contributions.
- Excellence Awards — This program recognizes outstanding solid waste programs and facilities that advance the practice of environmentally and economically sound solid waste management through their commitment to utilizing effective technologies and processes in system design and operations, advancing worker and community health and safety, and implementing successful public education and outreach programs.
- Professional Achievement Awards — These awards recognize valuable, and distinguished, contributions to the Association, the individual's employing organization, and the general public.
- Scholarships — In order to prepare the next generation for the environmentally and economically sound practice of solid waste, SWANA has developed several scholarship and internship programs over the years for students studying in fields related to solid waste management.
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