2025 Mid-Atlantic Regional road-e-o
Midshore II Regional Solid Waste Facility, 12236 River Rd., Ridgely, MD 21660
May 15 – Dinner
May 16 – Competition
The SWANA ROAD-E-O mission is to provide operators of solid waste collection and landfill equipment an opportunity to showcase their skills. This is done at a one-day event during which contestants operate various solid waste collection trucks and landfill equipment on different courses in the field and are scored according to their proficiency, with 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners recognized. It is an opportunity for operators to compete with other operators and network with operators in the region from different companies or entities.
In addition, contestants placing first or second in the regional competition will be eligible to attend the SWANA International Road-E-O to be held in the Fall 2025, to compete against and network with contestants from across the US and Canada. At the 2024 International Road-E-O, five (5) competitors from the SWANA Mid-Atlantic chapter placed in the top 3 in their respective events, including wins in the Articulated Truck and Rear Loader competitions.
The Mid-Atlantic Chapter is the overall sponsor for the Regional Road-E-O, which includes our neighboring chapters to the north: Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Maryland Environmental Service will host the actual event at its Midshore II Regional Solid Waste Facility in Ridgely, MD.
Maryland Environmental Service is finalizing its planning of the event. The Thursday evening dinner (May 15th) will be held at the Denton American Legion. On Friday, May 16th, the Midshore II landfill will host equipment, truck, and mechanic competitions as well as a continental breakfast, lunch, and awards ceremony. The Keystone Chapter will once again support event registration via their website.
The contests at the May event will include the following (assuming a minimum number of three registrants for each category):
- Heavy landfill equipment
- Landfill compactor
- Track dozer
- Rubber-tired front-end loader
- Articulated dump truck
- Trucks
- Front-end loader
- Rear-end loader
- Transfer Trailer
- Roll-off
In addition to contestants, we will need volunteers to conduct the event:
- To be on-site at the event on May 16, 2025
- To assist the host Maryland Environmental Service, as needed
- To lay out the courses
- To judge the contestants on the courses
- To tally scores (two volunteers already)
- To be score sheet runners
- To be “gophers”
In addition to contestants and volunteers, we will need sponsors, who will receive various levels of advertising/recognition, depending on the sponsorship levels, which is detailed in a form attached to this newsletter. If you know of any vendor or company who services the solid waste management industry and may be interested in sponsoring the Road-E-O, please contact them. If unwilling or unable to contact them, send their names and contact information to Cory Daviau (cdaviau@menv.com).
We will also be preparing swag giveaway bags for the contestants, so any suitable items for field personnel would be appreciated, but they will not be needed until early May.
For more information or questions about the Road-E-O, contact Eric Frase at efrase@menv.com.
For registration questions, contact Chanda Martino at chanda@keystoneswana.org.
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