Event Will Focus on Solid Waste Management
By Hank Russell
The 2025 Larry Swanson Long Island Environmental Symposium will be held on Wednesday, June 25 at Suffolk County Community College’s Brentwood Campus from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Suffolk County Executive Romaine will be joined by local and solid waste experts and service providers to discuss the various challenges the industry is currently facing, including the need for a regional solid waste management plan.
“There are many obstacles related to solid waste on Long Island that impact our regional economy and environment,” said Romaine. “We must continue to discuss the challenges that are in front of us and lay ahead to preserve our future while ensuring we take a coordinated approach to dispose solid waste and recycle glass and ash responsibly.”
This event is hosted in part by the Evan R. Liblit Memorial Fund in honor of Dr. Larry Swanson, a professor at the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (SoMAS) at Stony Brook University for over 30 years and lifelong advocate of waste management on Long Island. As director of SoMAS’ Waste Reduction and Management Institute for three decades, Larry played a lead role in studying, assessing, and advocating to protect Long Island’s supply of drinking water, and to more responsibly and effectively manage waste.
The event is sponsored by the Suffolk County Executive’s office, the Evan Liblit Scholarship Committee, and the Waste Reduction and Management Institute within the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook University. The Evan R. Liblit Memorial Fund has been funding scholarships for students working on issues related to waste management and environmental sustainability at Stony Brook University for 28 years.
Topics to be addressed at the event include regional solid waste management planning, the critical role of waste to energy facilities in managing solid waste, development of a glass recycling master plan and regional glass recycling and removing food from the waste stream.
Attendance is free. However, guests must register by clicking here or contacting wrmi@stonybrook.edu.