UPCOMING 2025 SWANA CONFERENCES Don't miss out on these great educational opportunities! SC Palmetto Chapter Spring Conference May 14-16, 2025 Myrtle Beach, SC Region 6 SWANA Conference September 8-12, 2025 Chattanooga, TN RCon SWANA Conference* November 12-15, 2025 Columbus, OH *RCon is a new SWANA event, replacing the legacy events of SOAR and WASTECON. We hope to see you there! Questions? Email the SC Palmetto Chapter Board at info@scswana.org.

YP EVENT WAS A SUCCESS!                                                             

Intro to Design Considerations and Construction Quality Assurance Issues for Landfills

•Hosted by: Bunnell-Lammons Engineering (BLE)

•Who: SC SWANA Young Professional Members

•Where: BLE’s Greenville office (6004 Ponders Court, Greenville, SC 29615)

•When: Tuesday, October 15, 2024

•Time: 10 AM ~ 1 PM

•What to know: Lunch provided. The event includeD a tour of their soils lab with a demonstration so please wear closed-toe shoes and pants.

•RSVP: email Aubree Decoteau at Aubree.decoteau@terracon.com 

Congratulations for a Great SC SWANA and SC DES Safety Day on September 19, 2024!

Read more about it in article from Columbia Star Newspaper:

https://www.thecolumbiastar.com/articles/scdes-hosts-swana-safety-day/

Welder/Fabricator/Mechanic

Maintenance Department

Salary Range: $33.04/hr - $68,727 annually

Under general supervision, is responsible for welding, hard facing, and fabrication as well as working on construction equipment and maintaining a construction & demolition shredder on the landfill.  The position requires outside work as well work inside of the shop. The position requires filling out daily work sheets which document work completed and parts used. Must have hand tools to perform work. Reports to the Maintenance Manager and will be required to stick and mig weld proficiently in all positions.

Must be a high school graduate or equivalent with a minimum of 5 years experience with welding and fabrication along with mechanic skills.

Salary will be based on experience.

Please submit completed application to Horry County Solid Waste Authority located at 1886 Highway 90, Conway, SC  29526.  If special accommodations are required to apply, contact Human Resources at (843) 234-7014.

Benefit Package Includes:

Paid Insurance Coverage      SC State Retirement              PPE and Uniforms Provided

Paid Vacation Days (10)       Paid Personal Days (5)           Paid Sick Leave

Paid Life Insurance               Annual Boot Allowance         Free Annual Health Screening

Paid Holidays (8)                  Free Vaccines

Quarterly Bonuses for Safety Team Performance

Horry County Solid Waste Authority is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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 1, 2024.

Send applications to the Chapter Young Professional Representative Aubree Decoteau.

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 15 - 17, 2024 at the Hilton DoubleTree in Myrtle Beach, SC.  

Further details will be posted in March 2024.

The Careers page has been updated. 

Check out the open positions.

What is SWANA's Strategic Plan for the future?

This 9-minute video provides an overview of the 2023-2027 Strategic Plan

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.

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.