2022 is off and running and we’ve already got things rolling along. If you’ve missed the emails coming out recently, the Annual Joint SWANA/VRA Conference this May in Virginia Beach! I’d like to thank everyone who has been working hard to get this event up and running, and everyone who has submitted abstracts. The involvement of membership is what makes these events rich in information and a great opportunity to expand our knowledge base. The Chapter is also planning tours for later this year, so be on the lookout. Also, with spring just around the corner don’t forget about our scholarship program. If you have a child or grandchild getting ready to head off for college, then you should take advantage of this member benefit. Visit the Chapter’s website for more information or reach out to the committee chair. One last reminder that SOAR is taking place March 21-24, 2022 in Kansas City. This is one of the best opportunities to really dig into current and new technical solutions for waste management.
Best regards to everyone and we’ll see you in May!
Best Regards,
Aaron White, SWANA Old Dominion Chapter President
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Upcoming Training Events
VRA / SWANA Old Dominion Joint Conference
May 3 - 5, 2022
Hilton Virginia Beach Oceanfront
2022 Training Schedule
Check out the trainings we have planned in 2022.
Chapter Webinars
Check out the recorded SWANA Old Dominion webinars on our Past Trainings page. After viewing a webinar, email info@swanava.org to request a CEU.
National Webinar Series
The Old Dominion Chapter has pre-paid for our members to view SWANA National webinars.
Register for webinars online at SWANA.org. Enter the Chapter’s Debit Card Code at the time of registration. Code: VIRGINIA
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Finding New Uses for Materials in Their Current Form
If there is anyone truly aware of the amount of waste that ends up in landfills every year, it’s solid waste professionals. They are well aware that Americans produce about 4.4 pounds of trash a day, which amounts to roughly 728,000 tons of daily garbage, enough to fill 63,000 garbage trucks. And they are cognizant that about half of that winds up in the landfill. Is there some way to more efficiently reduce waste?
One innovative company believes the answer is ‘yes,’ and the solution is “repurposing.”
repurposedMATERIALS finds new uses for materials in their current form. An old fire hose becomes a boat dock guard. A worn out conveyor belt becomes a gun range ballistics curtain. A retired street sweeper brush becomes a scratching post for cattle.
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Regulatory Updates
Topics Include
- Solid Waste Management Regulations
- Regulated Medical Waste Regulations
- Voluntary Remediation Regulations
- PFAS Activities
- Virginia Council on Environmental Justice
- New Leadership at the Virginia DEQ
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Welcome New Members
Ma Amoroso
Vince Beyer, Euclid Chemical
Trunal Kashinath Patil, STIIMA-CNR
Bryan Toton, Gel Formations, LLC
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Meet Our Newest Board Member:
Coryn Giordano, P.M.P.
Coryn has been involved in the local solid waste community since January 2012, when she joined Golder's Environmental Team in Richmond. Her experience with Golder has included a wide variety of solid waste-related projects.
More recently, she manages projects and people as an assistant team leader for the Environmental Team, while continuing to stay involved in actual field work through the mentoring of junior staff. The scope of these projects include, but are not limited to, groundwater monitoring and reporting (both compliance and corrective action); landfill gas monitoring, reporting, and remediation; stormwater monitoring, reporting and corrective action; the development of SWPPP and SPCC Plans and associated training; groundwater well and landfill gas probe installation; landfill gas vent and trench installation; due diligence work for solid waste clients; and wastewater monitoring and reporting.
Board Appreciation for
Mike Dorsey
The Board of Directors would like to thank Mike Dorsey for his years of service to the SWANA Old Dominion Chapter. Mike Dorsey served on the SWANA Board twice. The first time in the 1990s and again the past several years. He started his career as a geologist in the oil & gas industry and began in solid waste management as Virginia passed its version of Subtitle D in 1987. "I can say Chapter Board participation is significantly expanded today as have training opportunities" Mike recently shared with fellow board members. "Many of you have helped me during my career, and hopefully I’ve given in kind at times."
Mike will be retiring this year and plans to travel, canoe, hike, and spend time with his family.
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If it were up to me, maybe every month would be Distracted Drving Awareness Month. I mean, we should always be reminding our families and friends and co-workers and other drivers that distracted driving is dangerous—no—wreckless. Wreckless because it is a choice drivers make every time they get behind the wheel. Wreckless because the behavior kills eight people and injures hundreds more in the U.S. each day.
That said, April has been designated Distrated Driving Awareness Month and it presents us all an opprtunitiy to draw more attention to it—to talk about it in our safety meetings and our tailgate talks and at our dinner tables; to put up posters in the office to raise awareness; to teach our teenagers; to take and to get others to take the pledge to drive distraction-free; to remind one another that, as dangerous as our roads are, our eyes and our minds must always be focused on driving—because lives depend on it.
Please also consider personally committing to distraction-free driving by taking the National Safety Council Just Drive Pledge today! Remember that that text message, that email, that call, that social media post, and even that donut or sandwich can wait until you are somewhere safe. Do it for yourself and do it for everyone else too!
Safety, health, and happiness to all!
-Dennis
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OSHA Webcast
OSHA has the following upcoming webinars planned: rulemakings on injury/illness data submission, forklifts, walking-working surfaces, infectious diseases, silica, and personal protective equipment.
This webcast will focus on the agency’s latest and upcoming activities affecting general industry and construction.
You’ll hear about:
- Recent and anticipated rulemakings
- Current enforcement tactics and trends
- Special initiatives and programs
Time will also be reserved at the end of the event for a live Q&A session, join us!
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2022-2023 Board of Directors |
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Visit the website to meet our Board of Directors and Officers.
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