For more information regarding Oregon's Bottle Bill, and resources regarding the 2018 expansion, visit AOR's Bottle Bill Resource Page.
The Call for Papers is the California Resource Recovery Association’s invitation to participate in and contribute your knowledge and expertise to CRRA2018 in Oakland, CA!
This year’s event will be held at the Oakland Marriott City Center, July 26-29, 2018.
Abstracts are welcome for an array of Zero Waste topics including:
• Addressing Climate Change
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality and Oregon Sustainability Board have just published nine new literature summaries addressing the environmental impacts of a variety of foods and food-related issues. The literature summaries are designed to help growers, producers, retailers, and large purchasers reduce the environmental impacts of foods.
National Sword Impacts on Regional and National Recycling Systems AOR Fall Forum 
What is China’s proposed ban and why is this happening?
BottleDrop, Oregon’s container deposit and redemption program, is introducing a new program to help non-profits around the state use recycling to raise money this holiday season. Help [us] participate in the program by
After many late nights of editing and revisions, the R101 Update Team is excited to announce that R101 2.0 is up and running!
In partnership with OSU, the R101 Online Certificate Course provides a comprehensive online learning platform for users to gain knowledge on waste reduction, sustainability, toxics reduction, outreach methods, and more.
Resource Recycling reported last month that China will be banning imports of recovered mixed paper, as well as recycled PET, PE, PVC, and PS, textiles and vanadium slag - woudl be baneed from import into the country later this year.
Phil Torchino, founder of Bend area recycling company, The Broomsmen, challenges AOR members to match his BottleDrop donations to AOR.
Phil collected and redeemed over 2,335 bottles and cans in June and July with all the money going to AOR!
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