• The Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) Applied Research Foundation recently released the following five research reports:

* Curbside Collection of Residential Food Waste

* Benchmarking of Solid Waste Collection Services: FY 2008

* Waste-to-Energy and the Solid Waste Management Hierarchy

* Benchmarking the Performance and Costs of MSW Landfills

* Long-Term Environmental Risks of Subtitle D Landfills

Four of the five reports are currently available for purchase at www.SWANAstore.com. The research memorandum on Curbside Collection of Residential Food Waste is available free of charge to SWANA members at www.swana.org.