​​SWAMP stands for Solid Waste Area Management Project.
 

SWAMP is a Class 1 Landfill that was established in 1996. It services the City of Winkler, City of Morden & RM of Stanley. All garbage from these communities is collected and disposed off at SWAMP.

 

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Although SWAMP is an acronym for Solid Waste Area Management Project, it also stands for something else too! 

Most people think that a landfill (just like a SWAMP!) is a scary, foreboding and unattractive place. But they both provide benefits to all life. A SWAMP is critical in providing clean air, whereas a landfill is needed to store the waste humans create. Eventually a landfill will grow over and become green, beautiful hills for children to play on.

 

That doesn't mean we can throw everything into a landfill! We need to learn how to reuse, reduce, recycle and compost so we don't release harmful chemicals into the air. We at the landfill strive for a cleaner, greener place -  much like a SWAMP.

 

To show our committment to the environment, our logo is focused on the SWAMP theme. It represents the green, clean and environmentally responsible efforts that a SWAMP stands for. 

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