Georgia Landfill Operator Certification
SWANA-Georgia, the Department of Natural Resources/Environmental Protection Division (DNR/EPD), and the University of Georgia Center for Continuing Education, have developed a 30-hour training program leading to certification for landfill operators in the State of Georgia.
This course prepares students for certification or recertification. The four-day session covers topics such as state regulations, acts, and compliance inspections; the history of SWM; planning and waste reduction; site selection; design and permitting; landfill development; landfill operations; waste acceptance; landfill math and surveying; landfill monitoring; closure/post-closure; and much more. The course concludes with a certification exam.
Click below for details concerning Certification & Recertification, including requirements, upcoming training dates, applications, and training registration information.
This course prepares students for certification or recertification. The four-day session covers topics such as state regulations, acts, and compliance inspections; the history of SWM; planning and waste reduction; site selection; design and permitting; landfill development; landfill operations; waste acceptance; landfill math and surveying; landfill monitoring; closure/post-closure; and much more. The course concludes with a certification exam.
Click below for details concerning Certification & Recertification, including requirements, upcoming training dates, applications, and training registration information.
Conferences & Tradeshows
SWANA-Georgia Chapter holds two conferences annually. These meetings include:
vendor tradeshows, continuing education credit, and networking opportunities.
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vendor tradeshows, continuing education credit, and networking opportunities.
Click below for upcoming conference dates, details or registration information
Waste & Recycling Workers Week
SWANA-Georgia Chapter's effort to heighten awareness of Waste & Recycling Workers Week is intended to remove the cloak of invisibility on workers in the solid waste industry. As Martin Luther King, Jr., stated in a speech supporting Memphis sanitation workers’ strike in 1968, “One day our society will come to respect the sanitation worker if it is to survive, for the person who picks up our garbage, in the final analysis, is as significant as the physician, for if he doesn’t do his job, diseases are rampant. All labor has dignity.” This statement is still true today; solid waste/sanitation workers are essential and deserve respect for doing a job that keeps our communities safe and healthy. Join us and celebrate Waste & Recycling Workers Week!