The Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials (ASTSWMO) is an organization supporting the environmental agencies of the States and trust territories. ASTSWMO focuses on the needs of State hazardous waste programs; non-hazardous municipal solid waste and industrial waste programs; sustainability, recycling, waste minimization, and reduction programs; Superfund and State cleanup programs; waste management and cleanup activities at federal facilities; and underground storage tank and leaking underground storage tank programs.

Recent News!

A Members in Action Frequently Asked Questions page is now available here. It contains a web form with which to submit your questions about any Members in Action topic. The permanent link is housed on the Policies page, which has replaced the By-Laws page but is found at the same URL.

ASTSWMO part-time Administrative Assistant position open. Click here for more details.

The Federal Facilities Research Center has released the following papers, now available on the Federal Facilities Research Center Publications page:

• Risk Communication and Risk Assessment Fact Sheets, developed by the ASTSWMO Community Involvement Focus Group
• Tungsten Issues Paper, developed by the ASTSWMO Policy and Technology Focus Group

EPA, ASTSWMO, ECOS, and DOD work to renew Munitions Response Workgroup.
» View the letter.

ASTSWMO now has a page for photographs, which can be found from the Past Meetings page. If you have photos that you would like to share, please contact Allison at allisong@astswmo.org.

Pulse of the Nation, a compendium of State Fund stories from the 17th Annual State Fund Conference, is now available on the Tanks Publications page. It was compiled by the State Fund Task Force.

ASTSWMO is proud to co-sponsor the National Tanks Conference once again. The 21st Annual National Tanks Conference will be held in Sacramento, CA, March 30 - April 1, 2009. For more information about the conference, please visit NEIWPCC’s website.
»http://www.neiwpcc.org/tanksconference/

If you are interested in becoming a member of an ASTSWMO Task Force, Focus Group or other Work Group, please respond to the questions in our survey.

Please click here for the members survey.

Upcoming Meetings!

March 4-5, 2009:  2009 ASTSWMO Munitions Symposium in San Antonio, TX
Click here for more information.

April 15-16, 2009: ASTSWMO Mid-Year Meeting in Columbus, OH
Registration will begin in late January. More information to come.

June 2009: Compliance and Prevention Workshop
More information to come.

June 2009: Solid Waste Managers Conference.
More information to come.

October 2009: Annual Meeting
Washington, DC Metro Area
More information to come.