2020 Landfill Operator Conference

 

 

 

Registration Now Open!

 

 

 

2020 Solid Waste Operator Conference

Presented by AWMA & SWANA - Land of Lakes Chapter

 

Tuesday, February 11th, 2020

 

7AM - 3PM

 

St. Cloud Holiday Inn & Suites

75 37th Avenue South

St. Cloud, MN

 

REGISTER HERE!

 

 (Breakfast and Lunch included in registration)

 

 

Schedule

 

Moderator: Max Milinkovich - SWANA

 

7:00- 7:30 Check-in and Breakfast 

 

7:30 to 7:35 Welcome by SWANA and AWMA  

 

7:35 to 7:40 Introduction of Sponsors

 

7:40 to 8:40  Landfill Operations Part I:  

 

Leachate Options pros and cons, PFAS implications of each (Fred Doran, Burns and McDonnell)

 

Obtaining viable leachate and GW samples from Land Disposal Facilities (Isaac Schmidt, PACE Labs) 

 

8:40 to 8:45 Short Break

 

8:45 to 9:45 Landfill Operations Part II:

 

Future of county recycling options – (Roger Schroeder –Lyon County) 

 

Managing Odors at a landfill  (Stephanie Stolz – GHD)

 

9:45 to 9:55 Networking Break

 

9:55 to 10:55 Implementing your Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan

 

10:55 to 11:00 Short Break

 

11:00 to 12:00 MPCA Update

 

12:00 to 12:45 Lunch  

 

12:45 to 1:45 Health and Safety Hot Topics: 

 

Onboarding and Right to Know to training (30 min) (Erik Schuck COO, Dem-Con Companies)

 

Managing CWD contaminated wastes – Operators Prospective (Mike Cook – Olmstead County)  

 

1:45 to 2:00 Networking Break

 

2:00 to 3:00 Operating Challenges:

 

Managing Wind Turbine Blades in your Landfill (Don Kuper – Sioux Falls Landfill)

 

 

**Conference attendance worth 6 MPCA CEU's**