The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recognized 33 Safer Choice Partner of the Year award winners for achievement in the design, manufacture, selection, and use of products with safer chemicals, as part of Pollution Prevention Week. This is the 7th annual Safer Choice Partner of the Year awards. Included in this year’...
AOR Blog
09-27-2021
09-20-2021
The City of Eugene, who is sponsoring the "Never Stop Learning: Where You Are, In Your Language" session at Sustainable Oregon 2021, has received an International City/County Management Association (ICMA) Program Excellence Award for its Love Food Not Waste® (LFNW) program, which was selected as a 2021 Community Sustainability...
09-14-2021
Welcome new student member Hannah Carleson!
Name: Hannah Carleson
In what university/college are you currently enrolled, or if an AmeriCorps volunteer, where are you working/volunteering?
Portland State University
Tell us about your major or current career path.
I am currently pursuing my...
09-03-2021
What is the name of your business or organization?
Waste-Free Advocates (formerly Recycling Advocates)
What does your business/organization do?
We empower and connect Oregon communities to minimize overconsumption and waste.
Tell us about your business/organization's recycling/...
08-24-2021
"On Aug. 6, Oregon became the second state to sign into law an extended producer responsibility (EPR) regulation for packaging. The Pacific Northwest state joins Maine, bookending the country with legislation that requires producers to take more responsibility for the end-of-life management of the packaging they produce. Though...