SWANA RCon Conference 2026
SWANA RCon Conference 2026 is over. The next in the series is SWANA RCon Conference 2027 in Portland.
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Leadership-focused gathering for public and private sector waste management professionals, formerly known as WasteCon.
SWANA RCon 2026
The Solid Waste Association of North America's RCon runs 29 September – 2 October 2026 at America's Center in St. Louis, Missouri, with the exhibit hall open through 1 October.
RCon is SWANA's conference for the resource management profession — the operational side of solid waste: collection, landfill management, recycling systems, safety and the municipal programmes that tie them together. The audience is the people who run these systems, public and private sector alike.
The conference rotates host cities (SWANA's materials point to Portland for 2027) and is distinct from WASTECON, the association's other major event.
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Key Topics
- Solid waste management
- Recycling systems
- Landfill operations
- Collection and fleet
- Municipal waste programmes
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