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NSWMA’s Connecticut Chapter launched new website (www.CTrecyclingandtrashfacts.com) today, containing lots of information about new waste and recycling rules and reporting requirements in the state. Visit the new site here.

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.

Keep America Beautiful is launching its Recycle Bowl Competition, the first annual, nationwide, K-12 school recycling competition. You’re invited to a 30-minute webinar, where you’ll learn about the competition and how it can help your company increase recycling rates in the communities that you serve and help children learn about the importance of recycling. NSWMA members are invited to participate in this no-cost webinar session to learn about this program. A question and answer session will follow a brief presentation. Get more info here.

In September 2011, NSWMA sold the 2000th in its “Be Safe, Be Proud” safety video series, marking a milestone in efforts to reduce workplace accidents and injuries for solid waste services industry employees. Read the full release 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.

On Tuesday, August 2, Senator Thomas R. Carper of Delaware and Senator Olympia Snowe of Maine, co-chairs of the Senate Recycling Caucus, introduced S. 251, a resolution supporting improvement in the collection, processing and use of recyclable materials throughout the United States.  The National Solid Wastes Management Association (NSWMA) joins groups such as the National Recycling Coalition, the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, associations representing manufacturers of recycled content products such as the steel and aluminum industries and many state recycling organizations in endorsing this resolution. See full release here.