Travel budgets are tight, so we are picking the events we are attending this year carefully.  Below are several upcoming solid waste related training events you may want to check on if you have the option.

• First, SWANA will host a Landfill Management Symposium in Savannah, GA.  The conference takes place between June 1st and June 4th, 2009.  There is ample opportunity to obtain Certification CEU’s by attending this event.  See this link for more information on the Savannah Landfill Conference.

• TDEC is sponsoring it’s yearly Landfill Operator’s Course.  This class will be held March 30 through April 2, 2009 at the Fleming Training Center in Murfreesboro, TN.  This is the basic training class held for new operators that need certification as well as certified operators that want to obtain additional credit hours for re-certification.  More information on this course can be found here.

• Last, the 38th annual Solid and Hazardous Waste Conference will be in Gatlinburg this year. The dates for this year’s conference are April 29th through May 1st.  If you haven’t registered, check out the registration info here.