AOR Blog

04-21-2017

Teachers and recycling educators will be able to return from this year’s AOR Conference with a recycling kit which will aid in showing how plastics are actually recycled.             

Jerry Powell, Patty Moore and Dylan de Thomas have teamed up to gather display items which help explain how recovered plastics are...

04-20-2017

The WSRA Conference attracts the Northwest’s leading recyclers; solid waste reduction specialists; city, county, and state administrators; and environmentally-conscious private sector businesses.

WSRA invites you to join them for four days of educational sessions presented by industry experts, tours of local...

04-18-2017

Welcome new student member Gretchen Sandau!

Name: Gretchen Sandau

In what university/college are you currently enrolled, or if an AmeriCorps volunteer, where are you working/volunteering?

I am working at Clark County through the Washington Service Corps.

Tell us about your major or current career...

04-15-2017

The markets underwent considerable upheaval in April. After months of gains on cardboard and mixed papers, the markets came to a crashing halt. The last couple of months we have been watching for the impacts of China’s National Sword campaign. At first, is was just slowed movement of material because of enhanced inspection at...

04-10-2017

Recycling Advocates (RA) has launched a new awareness campaign in local coffee shops called Bring Your Own Cup, aimed at reducing the number of single-use (disposable) coffee cups sent to landfills from the Portland Metro area.

By simply reminding Portland’s coffee-loving public they can bring their own cup to a favorite...

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