Our Mission: to enhance and promote effective State and Territorial programs and to affect relevant national policies for waste and materials management, environmentally sustainable practices, and environmental restoration.
Upcoming Events
Mid-Year Meeting Registration Closed
ASTSWMO Mid-Year Meeting 2019
May 1 @ 7:00 am - May 2 @ 12:00 pm2019 ASTSWMO Joint Hazardous Waste and Materials Management Training
August 13 @ 8:00 am - August 15 @ 12:00 pmLUST Workshop 2019
September 17 - September 19
Conference on EPA and the Future of Environmental Protection
As the EPA’s 50th anniversary approaches, this conference will consider EPA’s role in meeting future environmental challenges. Featured speakers include William K. Reilly and Gina McCarthy, former EPA Administrators, Robert Perciasepe, President of the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions, Ben Grumbles, Maryland’s Secretary of the Department of the Environment, and Denis Hayes, Founder of the Earth Day Network and President of the Bullitt Foundation. This event is hosted by and at American University (on April 23-24, 2019) in cooperation with the EPA Alumni Association and the Environmental Law Institute. Learn more here.
Disclaimer: ASTSWMO doesn’t have funding to attend this event. We are strictly helping AU and EPA to promote the event.
Recent Publications
Recent News
- The EPA final rule, Management Standards for Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals and Amendment to the P075 Listing for Nicotine, was published in the Federal Register on February 22, 2019. The effective date of the rule is August 21, 2019. Additional information, including a recording of the February 14, 2019 EPA webinar on the rule, can be found on the EPA final rule webpage.
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Great turnout here at Region 4 EPA-State Directors meeting in Raleigh! Thanks @NCDEQ Haz Waste for hosting!! https://t.co/7YJambWZYk
@ASTSWMO & @ECOStates representing the States & Territories for #AmericaRecyclesDay https://t.co/3auHXNZJkh
Honored to sign on behalf of @ASTSWMO for #AmericaRecyclesDay2018 pledge!!! https://t.co/eW8uUTN1rx
Hey USA!! Do you recycle?? Let’s all do our part to increase recycling!!! #AmericaRecyclesDay https://t.co/gqrRFt33Qa
Nov. 15th is #AmericaRecyclesDay. #RecycleRight by knowing which items are and aren't recycled by your local recycler. #ReduceReuseRecycle https://t.co/zh7YY39UBb
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Lifetime Achievement Award
In 2002, ASTSWMO instituted the ASTSWMO Lifetime Achievement Award, to recognize an outstanding individual who has worked in State government in the areas of solid and hazardous waste management, sustainability/materials management, underground storage tanks, or contaminated site clean-up.
The purpose of the award is to recognize work done on behalf of the States and in furtherance of ASTSWMO’s mission to enhance and promote effective State and Territorial programs for waste and materials management, to encourage environmentally sustainable practices, and to affect relevant national waste and materials management policies.
Click here for the full description and a list of past winners.