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Registration opens for 2025 ASTSWMO Annual Meeting

July 21st, 2025

The Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials (ASTSWMO) has opened registration for the October 23-24, 2025, ASTSWMO Annual Meeting in Arlington, Va. The meeting theme is “Sustaining Core Programs Through Innovation and Reform,” and the meeting sessions will focus on topics such as streamlining, updated cleanup policies, and navigating future funding challenges. […]

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Part 2: The regulation of CCR in the United States: Geosynthetics and barriers

October 1st, 2017

As discussed in Part 1 of “The Regulation of CCR in the United States,” for the first time in decades, nationwide regulation of CCR (coal combustion residuals) surface impoundments expands the regulated use of geosynthetic materials. While the CCR Rule (2015) allows continued operation of existing CCR surface impoundments, it provides criteria for the disposition […]

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Part 1: The regulation of CCR in the United States: Geosynthetics and barriers

August 1st, 2017

The regulation of coal ash (coal combustion residuals or CCR) has significantly expanded the market for geosynthetics within the United States. Further, there is interest in these regulations around the globe in every country using coal as an energy source. These regulations are the result of recent environmental incidents. The regulations call for the increased […]

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