
Silver Spring, MD – The Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) has collected and submitted orders for cloth face coverings on behalf of the entire U.S. solid waste and recycling industry to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). HHS, along with other federal partners, are providing cloth face coverings at no cost to essential critical infrastructure workers in the United States. SWANA was asked to assist in the distribution by promoting the program and collecting orders.
SWANA submitted more than 1,540 orders totaling over 2.4 million facial coverings on behalf of solid waste and recycling professionals across the United States. The face coverings will be going to public and private sector workers in all 50 states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Companies and agencies who placed orders should expect to receive the facial coverings by mid-August.
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