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Young Professional Sponsorship

The SWANA South Carolina Palmetto Chapter Board would like to sponsor up to two scholarships for South Carolina young professionals in the solid waste industry to attend the 2023 SWANA Region 6 Spring Conference to be held August 29 to September 1, 2023 at the Hyatt Regency in Greenville, SC.

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Do you have a timely & informative topic that would be of interest to the South Carolina Solid Waste Community that you would like to present at the Spring 2023 conference?  If so, submit an abstract describing the topic to: info@scswana.org by February 28th!

The Spring Conference is May 10 - 12, 2023 at the Hilton DoubleTree in Myrtle Beach, SC.  

Further details will be posted in March 2023.

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 for students studying in fields related to solid waste management.

SWANA typically distributes $20,000 to $25,000 a year in four to five scholarships through this effort in three categories:

 

• Category 1 award – high school senior entering junior or four-year college/university – any field of study.
• • Must have a SWANA member as a sponsor. 
  • Submit their application to the Chapter where their sponsor is a member.
• Category 2 award – university junior or senior studying something that has potential for a career in solid waste management.  Please note that this is not strictly a science and engineering requirement.
• • Must be a SWANA student member or have a SWANA member as a sponsor. 
  • Joining as a SWANA student member is free. They are encouraged to join the Chapter where their school or university is located and submit their application to that Chapter.  
  • If submitting under the aegis of a sponsoring SWANA member, student should submit to the Chapter where their sponsor is a member.

  
  

• Robert P. Stearns/SCS Engineers Scholarship – graduate student studying environmental science, engineering or other field related to solid waste or resource management. 
• • Must be a SWANA student member or have a SWANA member as a sponsor.
  • Joining as a SWANA student member is free. They are encouraged to join the Chapter where their school or university is located and submit their application to that Chapter.  
  • If submitting under the aegis of a sponsoring SWANA member, student should submit to the Chapter where their sponsor is a member.  

 

Each of the applications for these three categories should be submitted to the SC SWANA Chapter by May 2, 2023.

Send applications to the Chapter Young Professional Representative Aubree Decoteau.

Each year at SWANA WasteCon, awards are given to SWANA members who have been nominated by their peers for these categories:

• Distinguished Service
• Life Member
• Professional Achievement

Marica Papin, Solid Waste Director for Greenville County, received the Life Member Award at WasteCon on November 2 in Orlando. The criteria for this award is based on length of service, contributions and commitment to SWANA; superior commitment and service to their employer; long-term involvement in the solid waste management, and significant contributions to the field of solid waste management.

The SWANA South Carolina Palmetto Chapter Board would like to sponsor up to three scholarships for professionals in the solid waste industry to attend the 2021 SWANA Region 6 Training & Conference to be held August 24-27, 2021 at the Hotel Roanoke in Roanoke, VA.  This bi-annual conference will be hosted by the Virginia Chapter and will be held jointly with the Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia Chapters.

To find out more about the 2021 Region 6 Conference, please go to the website: http://www.swanava.org/2021-region-6-conference/

Please email a brief, one page letter to info@scswana.org expressing your interest by June 25, 2021.

In May 2020, we were all saddened to cancel the annual May 2020 spring conference at Pawleys Plantation. We remained hopefully that in May 2021 we would be back better than ever. However, after discussing options and waiting then discussing options and waiting, the 2021 conference will become the 2022 spring conference. Thank you to those that provided responses to the survey about their ability to travel this spring.

 

In order to get prepared for the 2022 spring conference, attend the Region 6 Conference in Roanoke, Virginia. This is formerly known as the Quad State conference but now with 5 states instead of 4. Registration information is on the SC SWANA website www.scswana.org

 

We are also considering either one day training events or a mini conference in the fall of 2021. More information will be posted on the SC SWANA website.

The SWANA Old Dominion chapter will host the Region 6 Conference (formerly known as Quad State) in beautiful and historic Roanoke, VA. Registration will open in 2021.

SWANA's Region 6 consists of the states of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Kentucky and Tennessee.

To be considered to speak at this event, fill in the following online form by December 18, 2020. We invite abstracts including, but not limited to, the following areas. Don't be afraid to make a suggestion.

·     Composting Operations

·     Consultant Panel Discussion - Permitting Issues

·     Contractor Panel Discussion - Bid Packages, Construction Drawings, Issues From the Field

·     Disaster Management

·     Emerging Chemicals

·     Hauling/Collections Operations

·     Landfill Monitoring Programs

·     Recycling/MRF’s

·     Training Opportunities for Future/Upcoming Solid Waste Personnel

·     Transfer Stations

·     Vendor Panel Discussion - Heavy Equipment Preventative Maintenance

Submit your abstract here.

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SCDHEC has not yet completed a draft of the proposed New Regulation R.61-107.20 Solid Waste Management: Construction and Demolition Debris Processing and Recycling.

A proposed regulation and opportunity for comment will be provided at a later date.