EREF and SWANA join forces

EREF and SWANA join forces
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The Environmental Research & Education Foundation (EREF), Raleigh, North Carolina, and the Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA), Silver Spring, Maryland, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) outlining their intent to conduct various collaborative efforts, including data aggregation and similar applied research efforts of mutual interest, joint fundraising activities to fund research efforts and increased collaboration regarding industry education and enhancing the awareness of both organizations. The MOU will enable EREF and SWANA’s Applied Research Foundation (ARF) to support and complement each other’s efforts, with ARF focusing on applied research and its application to today’s solid waste management issues and EREF’s focus on more basic research conducted by some of the nation’s top universities.

“SWANA has a long history of serving the waste industry, including strong ties with municipalities, while EREF is one of the primary sources of research and education relating to sustainable waste management practices,” says EREF President and CEO Bryan Staley, Ph.D. and P.E. “This MOU provides unique opportunities for both organizations to serve the industry in a more unified way.”

“The formal collaboration between EREF and SWANA will enhance the scope, credibility and influence of both of our organizations,” says David Biderman, SWANA executive director and CEO. “Our missions complement each other and we look forward to a strong working relationship. In particular, I am excited about the opportunity to jointly perform research on safety issues and leachate management.”

The research and data analysis expertise that EREF brings to the relationship already has provided support to SWANA’s Planning & Management Technical Division by informing the discussion on SWANA development of a policy related to calculating diversion/recycling rates. This effort was highlighted in a session titled “The Elephant in the Room: Calculating a Waste Diversion Rate” at WASTECON 2016, which included, along with EREF, representatives from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Burns & McDonnell. During this presentation EREF highlighted the latest research from its Data & Policy Program, which used a facility-based approach in each state to investigate and compare policy-derived recycling rates versus recyclable tonnages managed by MRFs and aggregator-type facilities.

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Source: Recycling Today
EREF and SWANA join forces
<![CDATA[The Environmental Research & Education Foundation (EREF), Raleigh, North Carolina, and the Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA), Silver Spring, Maryland, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) outlining their intent to conduct various collaborative efforts, including data aggregation and similar applied research efforts of mutual interest, joint fundraising activities to fund research efforts and increased collaboration regarding industry education and enhancing the awareness of both organizations. The MOU will enable EREF and SWANA’s Applied Research Foundation (ARF) to support and complement each other’s efforts, with ARF focusing on applied research and its application to today’s solid waste management issues and EREF’s focus on more basic research conducted by some of the nation’s top universities. “SWANA has a long history of serving the waste industry, including strong ties with municipalities, while EREF is one of the primary sources of research and education relating to sustainable waste management practices,” says EREF President and CEO Bryan Staley, Ph.D. and P.E. “This MOU provides unique opportunities for both organizations to serve the industry in a more unified way.” “The formal collaboration between EREF and SWANA will enhance the scope, credibility and influence of both of our organizations,” says David Biderman, SWANA executive…