Join solid waste and infrastructure experts on July 15th as ASCE and SCS Engineers explore emerging issues and critical solutions in solid waste infrastructure. The event, Making the Grade: Solid Waste, follows the release of ASCE’s 2025 Report Card for America’s Infrastructure, and will examine how solid waste infrastructure is performing across key criteria including safety, resilience, capacity, and innovation.
The conversation will highlight report findings, supporting rationale for the solid waste grade, and a look ahead to key solutions. Additionally, panelists will discuss on-the-ground experiences linking the report to practitioner experience.
Featured panelists include:
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Join SCS Engineers as Speakers and Sponsors at the 2025 New Mexico Recycling and Solid Waste Conference taking place in downtown Santa Fe, New Mexico at the Santa Fe Community Convention Center on September 30th through October 1st. SCS Engineers is proud to serve as both a sponsor and presenter at this year’s New Mexico Recycling and Solid Waste Conference. The two-day event will feature keynote speakers, breakout sessions, networking opportunities, and the Recycling and Solid Waste Awards.
Featured Presentation:
Compost Generation and Use in New Mexico
Presented by Erik Martig, Project Director, SCS Engineers
This session will highlight findings from a recent study commissioned by the New Mexico Department of Agriculture, exploring compost generation and use across the state. Topics include regulations, waste stream data, industry challenges, in-state case studies, neighboring state comparisons, outreach and education, and federal program support. The study provides valuable insights for stakeholders—whether starting a composting operation or planning broader industry growth.
Join SCS Engineers at the Solid Waste Landfill Design Course at the University of Wisconsin – Madison Pyle Center, April 7-9th. This course delves into the complexities of solid waste landfill design, covering critical aspects such as site development, operations, environmental impact, and regulatory compliance. Attendees will explore the latest industry trends, emerging technologies, and economic considerations that influence landfill planning and management. Led by a distinguished faculty of experts, including top researchers and industry leaders, this program offers invaluable insights into best practices and real-world applications that help professionals stay ahead in this evolving field.
Join Betsy Powers while she presents during her “Landfill Drainage and Runoff Control” session, discussing key design considerations, regulatory challenges, and innovative solutions for managing stormwater and leachate in solid waste landfills.
Designed for engineers, landfill operators, regulatory officials, public works professionals, and environmental specialists, this interactive course provides a platform for knowledge sharing, idea exchange, and hands-on learning. Participants will leave with practical skills and strategies they can apply to current and future projects.
Stay ahead in the solid waste industry by gaining the expertise needed to navigate landfill design and operations successfully. Learn more and enroll today!
We are looking forward to attending the Landfill Methane Measurement Meeting. It was take place on October 29-30, 2024, at the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) Campus in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.
This 2-day meeting is sponsored by the USEPA and will focus on the development of (and benefits associated with) advanced methane monitoring technologies as applied to landfill monitoring.
In recent years, investment in novel sensing technology for the location and remediation of methane leaks in the landfill sector has grown exponentially with the help of significant funding from the private and public sectors, including research conducted by academic institutions. The meeting is designed to highlight the state of these advancing technologies including their ability to detect and quantify methane and to discuss if/how these technologies might fit into a regulatory framework.
Technology developers, regulating agencies, researchers, regulated communities and other stakeholders interested in learning more about emerging methane detection technologies used to monitor and detect landfill methane emissions are encouraged to participate.
Registration is closed.
If you would like to attend this event and were not able to registered before the deadline, please contact, Nan Albaladejo by email () or by phone (703-705-4438) to be registered manually.
All times are in Eastern Time
Day 1 – October 29, 2024
7:30 – 8:30 Check-in with security
8:30 – 9:00 Opening Remarks – Tomás Carbonell, Deputy Assistant Administrator for Stationary Sources, Office of Air and Radiation, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Session 1: Setting the Stage
9:00 – 9:30 Landfill Challenges and Update on Recent Research and Findings – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development
9:30-10:15 Method Development – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, Measurement Technology Group
10:15-10:30 Break
10:30-12:00 Industry Panel Discussion
Research and Experiences with New Technologies
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch Break – Lunch will not be provided, but EPA’s campus does have an onsite cafeteria.
Session 2: Ground Based Approaches
1:00 – 2:45 Technology Panel Discussion
Ground Based Leak Detection – Method 21 and Beyond
2:45 – 3:00 Break
3:00 – 4:45 Technology Panel Discussion with Phil Carrillo and Melissa Russo of SCS RMC
Gas Collection and Well Tuning
4:45 Day 1 Closing Remarks – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Day 2 – October 30, 2024
8:00 – 8:30 Check-in with security
Session 3: Aerial Leak Detection and Quantification
8:30 – 9:45 Technology Panel Discussion
Aerial Methods Part 1
9:45 – 10:00 Break
10:00 – 11:00 Technology Panel Discussion
Aerial Methods Part 2
11:00 – 12:00 Discussion following morning panels
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch Break – Lunch will not be provided, but EPA’s campus does have an onsite cafeteria.
Session 4: Aerial Methods (Aircrafts and satellites) & Policy Discussion
1:00 – 2:45 Technology Panel Discussion
Aerial Methods – Aircraft and Satellites
2:45 – 3:00 Break
3:00 – 4:30 Discussion on Regulation of Municipal Solid Waste Landfills, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, Natural Resources Group
4:30 Adjourning Remarks – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Get ready to be part of critical conversations shaping the future of landfill methane monitoring!
Join SCS Engineers professionals, including our National Landfill Expert, Betsy Powers, for the Solid Waste Landfill Design Course, April 1-3 at the Pyle Center in Madison, WI.
During the course you will have the opportunity to learn about the critical factors of solid waste landfill design, operations, evolving industry issues, and economics. Learn from expert and diverse course faculty (top-flight researchers, owners at the cutting edge of evolving practice, industry experts). Get a firm grasp of the background and design specifics to compete in this industry, including industry-leading information on the principles and practices of solid waste landfill development, design, construction, operations, and management. Understand practical emerging technologies including:
This course will guide you through the development process of a successful solid waste landfill, from cradle to grave. Industry experts will share critical factors and insights. Interactive discussion and idea exchange will be emphasized. Click to learn more and enroll today.
PFAS CERCLA Exemption Letter Submitted Electronically to: https://www.regulations.gov
The Honorable Michael Regan, Administrator U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Re: Addressing Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in the Environment, Advance Notice of Potential Rulemaking (ANPRM); Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OLEM-2022-0922
Last year, NWRA and SWANA submitted comments on EPA’s proposal to designate perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) as CERCLA hazardous substances. They also submitted comments in May in response to this ANPRM jointly with other “passive receivers” of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). Both associations reiterate and append those comments to what is contained in this letter, urging EPA to ensure that landfills and other passive receivers are afforded relief from CERCLA contribution litigation prior to designating PFAS as hazardous substances.
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Join SCS Engineers professionals at the SWANA Florida chapter’s Summer Conference and Hinkley Center Research Forum, July 23-25 in Daytona Beach, FL.
Don’t miss this opportunity to network with some of the best minds in the solid waste industry at this important solid waste conference and tradeshow in the southeast, while earning continuing education hours and enjoying beautiful and exciting Daytona Beach.
The program committee is developing an interesting and educational agenda about the latest developments in the solid waste industry. The conference will explore important topics, such as solid waste management, rate analyses, recycling, zero waste, landfill design & operations, waste-to-energy conversion technologies, disaster debris management, and more!
Several SCS Engineers professionals are presenting at the conference, including
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We hope to see you there!
Meet SCS Engineers professionals at BOOTH 403 at the Air & Waste Management Association’s (A&WMA) 116th Annual Conference & Exhibition (ACE 2023), June 5-8, 2023, at the Hyatt Regency in Orlando, Florida.
“Smart Growth: Balancing Development, Restoration, and Resiliency” is this year’s theme. Florida’s abundant coastline, diverse ecosystem, and perennial vacation destination faces unique challenges with respect to impacts from weather, sea-level rise, and other pressures brought on by a growing population. Florida is committed to meeting this challenge through many diverse minds working to plan and adapt to change—in short, to grow smarter and build a more resilient world. The Air & Waste Management Association (A&WMA) will welcome the world’s leading environmental experts, thinkers, and practitioners to Orlando to address environmental challenges, discuss strategies and solutions to climate change, sustainability, new contaminants, and other issues that call for balancing growth with sustainability and resiliency.
Several professionals from SCS Engineers are presenting at the conference, including:
ACE 2023 will unite professionals from major industry, private sector, consulting, government and academia for an exciting event that will explore the ever-expanding environmental challenges and provide solutions to becoming and remaining resilient for tomorrow. This is an ideal opportunity for professionals to share their knowledge to advance the industry, and for environmental companies to showcase their products, services, and solutions with professionals motivated to build a more resilient and sustainable world.
Meet SCS Engineers professionals at the A&WMA/ASME Waste Information Exchange, April 11-12, 2023, at the Doubletree Hilton Washington DC-Crystal City Hotel, in Arlington, Virginia.
This conference will cover the latest on a broad range of waste-related topics including regulations and research in an interactive, discussion-focused format. This is an excellent learning and networking opportunity to hear directly from experts at EPA, NGOs, industry, and academia who are working together to develop solutions to creating a cleaner and healthier environment. The technical program will cover policy updates and regulatory changes, as well as current and late-breaking research on hot topics such as:
• Solid Waste
• Biosolids
• Landfill Issues and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Monitoring
• Reuse/Recycling
• Resource Management
• Waste-to-Energy
• PFAS Emissions and Controls
• Environmental Justice
• RCRA Requirements for Open Burning
Managers, practitioners, policymakers, and researchers involved in waste management, public works, operations, maintenance, manufacturing, transportation, technology, compliance, collections, and other environmental roles will benefit from the technical content and networking available at this conference.
Sponsorship and display opportunities are available at this conference! Discover how your company can maximize exposure, generate leads, and support the industry.
Visit www.awma.org/waste for registration information and evolving conference details.
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