SWANA International recently recognized the Georgia Chapter for having the largest increase in total members. The chapter added 61 members this year! And we'd like to give a big shout out to the City of Atlanta and DeKalb County for having so many from your municipalities join u

SWANA-Georgia Chapter is setting up a Fantasy Football League!

GATHER, EDUCATE, & CELEBRATE! Register Now! SWANA GA 2021 Fall Conference & Annual Business Meeting, November 8-10, 2021 - Brasstown Valley Resort, Young Harris, GA. REDUCED REGISTRATION FEES before October 15! gaswana.org

SWANA-GA is seeking presenters for its 2022 Spring Conference, March 7-9, at the Great Wolf Lodge, LaGrange, GA. December 10 Deadline. Email [email protected] for details!

Waste & Recycling Workers Week Shout Out to Tom Benefield with Floyd County! Tom has worked at the Rome-Floyd Recycling Center for 15 years and has brought their facility into a new era of recycling! He is always willing to lend a helping hand and provide great recycling service

Spotlight on Rico Starks, Collection Supervisor, with the City of Griffin: This Waste & Recycling Workers Week Superhero's drive and understanding has carried him from collector to a supervisor of 14 employees in 15 years! His superpower is a keen sense of how solid waste works

Waste & Recycling Workers Week Superhero Bobby Martin has served Athens-Clarke County for more than 27 years in the SW Landfill Division. A frequent SWANA-GA Road-E-O competitor and volunteer, Bobby is a team player with strong leadership skills! He communicates effectively, doe

Waste & Recycling Workers Week Shout Out to Chad Shook, Recycling Collections Coordinator for Dalton-Whitfield SWA! Chad picks up 500 cans a week throughout two counties and is DWSWA's only full-time pickup driver. The work at the MRF wouldn't be possible without Chad's effort i

Superhero Gwen Underwood is featured during this Waste & Recycling Workers Week for keeping the peace and maintaining rules and regulations, as the primary scale operator for the Pine Grove Landfill in Columbus. Nothing slips by on her watch, as she uses her superpower mind to m

Camden County SW Authority says Cyrus Roberts has MAGIC! He's a Waste & Recycling Workers Superhero because he makes items disappear! Asked about litter? Gone. Complain to him about potholes? Poof, gone. Erosion and rills in the working face? Hocus-pocus, disappeared! Cyrus and

Adaptability is Jauwan Jenkins' superpower! He's spotlighted for Waste & Recycling Workers Week through his employer, Columbus Consolidated Government, where he serves as a waste equipment operator. He is known for hard work, dedication, the ability to learn new tasks quickly, t

Now highlighting City of Griffin landfill operator David King! David is a Waste & Recycling Workers Week superhero for his passion and commitment to the job. He can operate a tractor drive, roll-off, rear loader, and off-road heavy equipment. He is a "can-do-don't-believe-in-fai

Waste & Recycling Workers Week Shout Out to Athens-Clarke County driver Anthony "Gene" Williams. On average there is 4,299 pounds/2.15 tons of trash and 3,271 pounds/1.64 tons of recycling in downtown Athens each night for pick up. On February 23, 2022, because others couldn't m

John Jeffries is the unsung superhero of the Granite Bluff Inert landfill for Columbus Consolidated Government. He is recognized during this Waste & Recycling Workers Week as the sole person responsible for maintaining the landfill, showing complete understanding of the mission

Waste & Recycling Workers Week Shout Out to Terrance Rozier of the Laurens County SWMA. Terrance, better known as "Cocoa," is a dedicated employee willing to do any job put before him. He is fully cross trained on every job at the landfill, composting operation, and recycling fa

Waste & Recycling Week Spotlight on Issac Hunter, waste equipment operator for Columbus Consolidated Government: Issac is a knuckle boom truck operator with an outstanding work ethic and knowledge of the rules and regulations that govern SW collection. He assists peers daily and

Spotlight on Superhero Susan Lyon, an Administrative Assistant III for the ACC Solid Waste Department. She has been with Athens-Clarke County since 2004 and is noted this Waste & Recycling Workers Week as a force for good within the chaos of the waste world. She assists customer

Waste & Recycling Workers Week Shines the Light on Jasper Greer, Solid Waste Foreman for the City of Monroe! Jasper has been with the city's solid waste department for 30+ years, and even though he has been eligible to retire for a few years now, he remains with the department b

Waste & Recycling Workers Week Superhero Larry Aviles is a correctional officer for Columbus Consolidated Government. After serving 22 years as an Infantry solider in the U.S. Army, Larry retired and then worked another 22 years at the Muskogee County Prison. In 2019 he joined

Shout Out to Waste & Recycling Workers Week Superhero Shirley Dixon, a Route Supervisor in Columbus Consolidated Government's SW Collection Division. With more than 25 years experience, Shirley brings a hands-on approach, knowledge and skill that motivates her subordinates to ac