The vice-president of sales and marketing for a local manufacturer has received a distinguished individual award. The Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) recently presented the 2020 Collection and Transfer Technical Division Distinguished Individual Achievement Award (DIAA) to New Way’s Don Ross. Ross was nominated by peers in the industry and presented with the award earlier this summer. Ross says he is honored and humbled by the nomination and the award. “Devoting my career to working in such a remarkable industry continues to be extremely rewarding, and SWANA has helped connect me with the great people that make up our industry,” he says. Ross has spent 33 years working in the solid waste industry. He is dedicated to the advancement of science in waste collection and to increasing efficiencies, improving safety and enhancing recycling and waste diversion through application of new technologies. He has become a leading voice in the industry through his vast experience, from private and municipal collection and transfer operations, to consulting and equipment manufacturing with New Way Trucks and the McLaughlin Family Companies. Ross has spent 20 years contributing to both SWANA and its C & T Technical Division as a former International and Sunshine Chapter board member and as the Division’s Past Director.
