2019 SWANApalooza

Robert Smouse
Assistant Director, Solid Waste Services
City of Fort Worth


Robert Smouse began his environmental activities before graduating college through management and ethics coursework, helping to design and present an on-campus recycling program at Western Illinois University in 1991. In more than 24 years of his career, he has held environmental leadership positions spanning from solid waste, to recycling, to composting to green building to environmental education to sustainability-based programs. He received his LEED AP certification in 2006 and has been instrumental in advancing the City's future 20-year Comprehensive Solid Waste Management Plan. As a member of the SWANA and Fort Worth’s appointee on the Resource Conservation Committee for the North Central Texas Council of Governments, Robert helps elevate related programs beyond the Fort Worth city limits. He also was instrumental in three City of Plano LEED projects before heading west to Fort Worth.

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