Conference & Education
Keynote: James M. Little
Executive Vice President - Engineering and Disposal, Waste Connections
How ESG, Emerging Pollutants and New Regulations are Changing the Face of Landfill Design and Operation
The majority of generated waste in North America still goes to landfills, making them a critical piece of the waste management infrastructure. And a variety of environmental, social and regulatory drivers are changing the way landfills are designed, developed and operated.
Plus, heightened attention to Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG), emerging pollutants such as PFAS, staffing and supply challenges, as well as more stringent regulations have caused company leaders to challenge the status quo. While these issues present challenges, there are also opportunities. Renewable energy and sequestration of carbon and other pollutants are shaping the role of landfills in Society for decades to come. Hear Jim’s perspective on these timely topics and more.
Plus, the jam-packed GWMS 2022 Agenda is shaping up to include topics such as:
- Anaerobic Digestion
- Coal Ash
- Elevated Temperature Landfills
- Emerging Challenges in Leachate Management
- Environmental Justice
- Emissions Monitoring Technology
- Landfill Emissions
- Landfill Gas Management & Regulation
- Landfill Operations & Design
- Leachate Treatment
- Liners
- Modeling Subsurface Reactions
- Odor Management
- Organics Management
- PFAS Characterization, Management & Treatment
- Recycling
- Slope Stability Evaluation
- Solid Waste Planning
- Sustainability & LCA
- Waste Characterization
- Waste Collection & Diversion
- Waste Stability
Technical Conference
We’re working with the Environmental Research & Education Foundation (EREF) to deliver a conference program that is more technical, more innovative and more essential to you than ever before—and that warrants the two-year wait! The core education of GWMS is the submission of comprehensive abstracts in all areas related to solid waste engineering and managment that have been vetted by GWMS’s committe of industry experts. The presentations will be given by researchers from top academic institutions and industry experts.
Special thanks to our prestigious Conference Technical Committee:
- Chris Bareither, PhD, Colorado State University
- Morton Barlaz, PhD, PE, North Carolina State University
- Craig Benson, PhD, PE, NAE, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Nicole Berge, PhD, University of South Carolina
- Bryan Staley, PhD, PE, Environmental Research and Education Foundation
