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On October 4, the Environmental Industry Associations (EIA) released the application for its 2012 Driver of the Year Awards (DOY). The prestigious DOY Awards honor those drivers who have upheld the field of solid waste management as an honorable occupation and who have conducted themselves and operated their vehicles in a safe and responsible manner. The nomination deadline is Friday, December 2, 2011. See full press release here. Download application here.

NSWMA in early September filed an amicus brief in the Court of Appeal for the State of California supporting Potrero Hills Landfill and Solano County in their legal battle over Solano County’s Measure E. Several organizations, including the Sierra Club, filed lawsuits seeking enforcement of Measure E in 2009 as part of their strategy to block the expansion of the Potrero Hills Landfill. Believing the Measure is unconstitutional, Solano County has not enforced the measure for at least 19 years. This continues NSWMA’s long history of fighting similar laws. For decades, NSWMA has opposed and successfully challenged such laws in counties and localities throughout the country. Read full release here.

Applications for 2012 membership in NSWMA, WASTEC and EIA are now available. And new members joining today will get 16 months of membership for the cost of 12. Downloads applications (NSWMA, WASTEC and EIA) today to renew or join for first time.

According to a report released by the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the number of fatalities for solid waste collection workers increased from 20 in 2009 to 26 in 2010. Read full release.

EIA’s Future Industry Leaders Alliance (FILA), EIA’s council for young professionals, treated 25 children from the Boys & Girls Clubs of Indianapolis to a pre-season football game between the Indianapolis Colts and the Washington Redskins at Lucas Oil Stadium on Friday, August 19. Read release about this donation.

The Coalition led charge for biomass as a sustainable renewable green energy for the state with a rally attracting about 150 people in front of the Massachusetts State House on June 23, 2011, from 9:30- 11:30 am. See photos from that event here.

From October 17-20, join us at the luxurious Ritz-Carlton in Naples, Florida, for the 2011 NSWMA-WASTEC Executive Roundtable Conference. This premier industry event offers unparalleled networking with fellow industry professionals while enjoying a world class destination. We look forward to seeing you there. NSWMA and WASTEC members will get more info about this meeting soon.

Discovery Channel is casting a reality-competition TV series that will highlight and celebrate the great American Worker! For the show, they are soliciting entries from solid waste company employees. They say that they are on a mission to find the “best of the BEST, and to bring some long overdue attention to the workers that make this country so colorful and so great!” Interested? Read about this opportunity here. For consideration, submissions must be received by June 30.

NSWMA/WASTEC has partnered with the Employer Partnership of the Armed Forces. This program is an innovative public-private program that offers corporate America the opportunity to hire skilled Servicemembers. Learn more here.