Chronicle of The HHW Corner 
(Available late November 2022)

The Chronicle of The HHW Corner provides an unmatched window into design concepts, program performance, and HHW luminaries that continue to advance HHW policy and programs across the U.S.

30 subject matter expert articles form this book with topics including: HHW collection facility design, staffing level calculations, HHW policies, Extended Producer Responsibility, performance metrics, safety issues, HHW sustainability, and program equity.   

The Chronicle of The HHW Corner is a unique catalog of insights and analysis compiled nowhere else.  This book of over 100 pages provides all HHW Corner articles originally published in Waste Advantage Magazine including many images, graphs and summary data about HHW policy, collection statistics, and revealing interviews with the luminaries of the HHW profession.

This book is a valuable compliment to the HHW Collection Facility Design Guide by providing additional design topics and analysis.

HHW Collection Facility Design Guide

Nearly 300 pages of valuable insights and analysis to help chart your path through the Household Hazardous Waste Collection Facility Design process.

Real-world examples, illustrations, and images provide the novice project manager as well as experienced design professional key assistance in developing a retrofit or new facility within your project constraints.

This is the standard text used in the HHW Collection Facility Design Workshops offered by NAHMMA and SWA.

HHW Corner | Jan - Jun 2020

Facility Design Series: Six Most Forgotten Features at HHW Collection Facilities
A six-part series published in Waste Advantage Magazine in the "HHW Corner" column

• Six of the Most Forgotten Features at HHW Collection Facilities: Part 1: Smaller is Not Better
• Six Most Forgotten Features at HHW Collection Facilities – Part 2: Local/Spot Exhaust Ventilation
• Six Most Forgotten Features at HHW Collection Facilities – Part 3: Flammables Area
• Six Most Forgotten Features at HHW Collection Facilities – Part 4: Weather Protection
• Six Most Forgotten Features at HHW Collection Facilities – Part 5: HHW Reuse
• Six Most Forgotten Features at HHW Collection Facilities – Part 6: Natural Lighting

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HHW Corner | July - Dec 2020

Continuing HHW Corner monthly column published in Waste Advantage Magazine featuring Special Waste Associates authors covering current issues and historical perspectives on the HHW and VSQG profession.
HHW Corner Articles by topics in order of publication with web links are:

• Staffing Levels at Permanent Household Hazardous Waste Collection Facilities
• Dave Galvin interview, Part 1, "Father of HHW"
• Dave Galvin interview, Part 2, HHW as a profession and its future
• Zero Waste and Net-Zero Buildings Underused
• HHW Collection Effectiveness Metric
• Two Long-standing HHW Programs Show Results

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HHW Corner | 2021

• Managing Small Consumer Batteries - Part 1
  
• Managing Small Consumer Batteries - Part 2
• Scott Cassel interview, Part 1, Product Stewardship Institute
• Scott Cassel interview, Part 2, PSI
• ​Should our Community have a Permanent HHW Collection Facility?  - Part 1
• Should our Community have a Permanent HHW Collection Facility?  - Part 2
• Swimming in Our Toxic Soup 
• Developing Sustainable Household Hazardous Waste Programs - Part 1
• Developing Sustainable Household Hazardous Waste Programs - Part 2
• Debbie Raphael interview, Connection between HHW and Climate Change
• Equity in HHW: Part 1 - Realizing the Issue
• Equity in HHW: Part 2 - Addressing Program Inequities
  

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HHW Corner | 2022

• Equity in HHW: Part 3 - Systematic Equity Programming
• ​Heidi Sanborn interview, Part 1, National Stewardship Action Council
• Heidi Sanborn interview: Part 2, NSAC
• Modern Extended Producer Responsibility in the US 
• Local Benefits of Extended Producer Responsibility
• The Last Three HHW Corner Things
  

This book is a must have for anyone considering developing a Household Hazardous Waste Facility. This guide provides future facility managers a resource to ensure their facility design balances regulatory requirements, operational effectiveness, and design costs while learning from other facilities' experiences.

LARRY SWEETSER, SWEETSER & ASSOCIATE

Your book was extremely helpful during the design and construction of the facility.

LAUREN WHITTAKER
Environmental and Sustainability Division, City of Mesa, AZ

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