AOR Blog

01-20-2015

Starting this January, a partnership between Greener Grads and Oregon Green Schools aims to reuse, repurpose, and recycle gently used graduation gowns across the state.

Greener Grads is a national initiative that collects graduation gowns from past graduates and rents them out to new graduates.

“We are thrilled to...

01-09-2015

Thanks to efforts in Oregon to recover materials for recycling, composting, and burning for energy, the state continues to see sizable energy savings and greenhouse gas reductions. At the same time, per-capita waste generation in Oregon is 18.6 percent below 1992 levels.

These findings and numerous other facts about the...

01-05-2015

Every dollar in new memberships earned by AOR in January will be matched by an anonymous donor, up to $1,000!

AOR brings you the latest industry news, educational opportunities, event listings, and job postings related to materials management in Oregon through its publications, as well as puts on a fabulous annual...

01-02-2015

As of Jan 1, 2015, Oregon E-Cycles, the state's electronics recycling program collects printers and computer peripherals (keyboards and mice) in addition to computers, monitors, and TVs. The program, administered by AOR member the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), just completed its sixth year of collecting and...

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