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Safety ImageMaking the Waste Industry Safer

NSWMA and WASTEC and their members promote industry safety as a core value. We work to make the trash collection, processing and disposal less dangerous activities by encouraging safety training and the proper maintenance of equipment. NSWMA and WASTEC offer a variety of safety videos, training materials and programs to help employers and employees reduce fatalities, injuries and accidents. Learn more about our safety programs here.

We also work to encourage driver safety around garbage trucks and collectors to create a safer working environment. Learn more about that program here.

Recent Safety News

SDTGA LogoSlow Down to Get Around

Slow Down to Get Around is a national safety campaign that reminds motorists to drive more carefully near solid waste collection vehicles. Motorists are often distracted while driving and frequently crash into collection employees or vehicles—sometimes with fatal consequences. Read more.

Visit Slow Down to Get Around Facebook page here.

Be Safe Be Proud

NSWMA's joined with OSHA to develop a series of industry safety videos with the solid waste worker in mind. Be Safe, Be Proud focuses on workplace hazards faced by drivers and helpers on residential collection routes. These videos are available in VHS or DVD formats. The videos (available in English and Spanish) are 18-25 minutes in length. Read more.

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From the Environmentalists Everyday Blog

  • New Release: EIA Women?s Council Announces Scholarship Winners
    The Environmental Industry Associations Women?s Council announced the three winners of the Women?s Council Scholarship Program, which recognizes outstanding students with an interest in solid waste and environmental industries. Each winner will receive a $5,000 scholarship to the school of their choice. Read full release here.

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