SWANA renews agreement with Re-TRAC Connect

The Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA), Silver Spring, Maryland, has announced it has renewed its agreement with Canada-based Emerge Knowledge for its Re-TRAC Connect software to be incorporated as part of SWANA’s Affinity Program. According to the association, under the partners’ renewed and expanded relationship, more services, such as the software’s Municipal Measurement Program, are being made available to SWANA members.

“SWANA is pleased to renew and expand its relationship with Re-TRAC Connect,” SWANA’s Executive Director and CEO David Biderman says. “The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated the importance of recyclables as feedstock for a variety of products, and Re-TRAC Connect’s programs offer terrific ways for local governments in the United States and Canada to measure and improve their local recycling programs.”

Re-TRAC Connect is a web-based software solution that uses online forms to streamline and standardize data collection instead of the traditional spreadsheets, email, and paper forms many still rely on, the company says. The Municipal Measurement Program is a free tool designed and delivered by Re-TRAC Connect and The Recycling Partnership that enables municipalities to track tonnage data, generation and diversion rates, broader economic benefits and other metrics.

“We’re excited about our renewed Affinity Program relationship with SWANA,” Rick Penner, president of Emerge Knowledge, says. "While many SWANA members are already using the data management and reporting services we offer through our Re-TRAC Connect platform, this expanded relationship will help ensure everyone is aware of the ways our solutions can save agencies time and money.”