Back in 2011, the City of Eugene Waste Prevention and Green Building Program started their first targeted food waste program, which was aimed at commercial businesses.
They worked with their garbage haulers and commercial composter, Rexius, and from those partnerships, Love Food Not Waste was born!
Since then, the...
Pete Chism-Winfield (running as past-chair)
At the City of Portland, Pete works with a team within the Bureau of Planning and Sustainability (BPS) that is responsible for program and policy development, specifically for commercial food scraps service, clean and safe recycling, compost and garbage collection,...
The Oregon House Committee on Energy and Environment held an informational hearing on the recycling markets issue earlier this week.
The speakers included Abbey Boudouris and Brian Fuller from DEQ, Kristin Mitchell from ORRA, and Michael Wisth from the city of Eugene.
They did a great job providing an overview of...
The National Waste and Recycling Association (NWRA) sent a letter to Vice President Pence May 22 urging the federal government to take action against China’s restrictions on recyclables. The letter explained the consequences of China’s restrictions on the waste and recycling industry and asked that the issue be raised with the...
