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NSWMA releases updated greenhouse gas fact sheet. Download a copy of this factsheet.

NSWMA study shows privatization lowers costs, increases efficiencies and boosts safety. Read release about paper here. Download paper here.

The U.S. EPA announced an extension for the reporting requirement deadline associated with its new Greenhouse Gas (GHG) data reporting program. EPA says that it is extending the deadline — originally March 31 — and plans to have the final uploading tool available this summer, with the data scheduled to be published later this year. EPA says it will provide more detail in coming weeks.

The National Solid Wastes Management Association (NSWMA) Healthcare Waste Institute and Landfill Institute recently submitted comments to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regarding its draft guidance, “Best Management Practices for Unused Pharmaceuticals at Health Care Facilities,” published in the Federal Register in September 2010. Read full release here.

On November 11,  the EIA Women’s Council hosted a webinar for the members of NSWMA and WASTEC called “2010 Elections and the impact on the Waste and Recycling industry.” During this session, Richard Goodstein, the president of Goodstein & Associates and the contract lobbyist for NSWMA in Washington, discussed the following:

• Will there be an upheaval in Congress as a result of the November elections?
• How will the outcome effect the next 2 years of the Obama Administration?
• What will be the impact of the elections to the Solid Waste and Recycling industry?

A recording of the session may be downloaded (MPEG 3 file [7 Mb, audio only], MPEG 4 file [24 Mb, audio/video], Quicktime Movie [24 Mb, audio/video], PowerPoint [3.2 Mb, slides only]).

Here’s YouTube video from a presentation show Doug Carnival, representing the Minnesota Chapter of NSWMA, at a community meeting in the City of Maplewood commenting on the chapter opposition to organized collection.

Institutes of the National Solid Wastes Management Association (NSWMA) recently submitted comments regarding proposed rules by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). NSWMA’s Landfill Institute offered comments on EPA’s proposed rule regarding amendments to the mandatory reporting of greenhouse gases, and NSWMA’s Healthcare Waste Institute recently submitted comments regarding OSHA’s blood-borne pathogens standard. Read full release here.

The New York City Chapter of the National Solid Wastes Management Association (NSWMA) recently submitted comments to the New York City Council’s Sanitation and Solid Waste Management Committee regarding a proposed food waste composting bill.  The bill calls for a study and a pilot project for compostable waste; authorizes the New York City Business Integrity Commission’s (BIC) to alter its rate cap; and allows city officials to reduce the tip fee for source separated compostable waste.

The Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) and the National Solid Wastes Management Association (NSWMA) sent joint comments to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson regarding a petition recently filed by the Center for a Competitive Waste Industry asking EPA to reorganize and restructure the Landfill Methane Outreach Program (LMOP).

NSWMA published a new position paper today on “zero waste.”

In it, we state, “We see America transitioning slowly but surely to a zero waste society. This does not mean that no waste will be produced in the future. Instead, it means that the amount going to disposal will continue to progressively decline. We support this transition. The objective of zero waste is to reduce the waste stream to the point at which no commercially achievable economic value exists for the remaining residue of the waste reduction process. Experienced, knowledgeable environmental services companies with proven and permitted collection, processing and disposal activities will lead the way in this transformation ”

See news about this release here.