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Solid Waste and Recycling Advisory Committee

Advising the City on its waste management and recycling plans, programs, and policies.

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Solid Waste and Recycling Advisory Committee

What we do

The Solid Waste and Recycling Advisory Committee (SWRAC) assists and advises the City on its waste management and recycling plans, policies, and programs. Its members include representatives from:

  • Environmental groups.
  • Civic organizations.
  • Recycling and solid waste industry.
  • City agencies.

The mayor appoints SWRAC members based on recommendations from the Department of Streets commissioner and others. All members have voting rights.

SWRAC holds its general meetings on the third Thursday of every other month. These public meetings begin at 3 p.m.

From time to time, SWRAC subcommittees or working groups meet on a different schedule.

Connect

Address
1401 John F. Kennedy Blvd.
Suite 730
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Email RecyclingOffice@Phila.gov

Resources

Meeting materials
Review the documents from recent SWRAC meetings.
Municipal Waste Management Plan
Read the City's report for the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.

Members

Name Title Email Phone
Fern Gookin (chair) Vice president, Revolution Recovery
Bob Anderson Vice president, Closed Loop Partners
John R. Embick Attorney at law, Environmental Law
Elizabeth Lankenau Director, City of Philadelphia Office of Sustainability
Maria Horowitz Planning and research manager, City of Philadelphia Water Department
Joseph Otis Minott, Esq. Executive director, Clean Air Council
Chuck Raudenbush Government affairs manager, Waste Management, Inc.
Maurice Sampson Principal, Clean Water Action
Vivian Van Story Founder and president, Community Land Trust Corp.

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