Please Welcome our New Member to the Association of Oregon Recyclers!
What is your name?
Taylor Cass Talbott
Where do you work and what do you do?
I recently returned home to Portland after seven years of Asia-based waste work. After finishing my Master’s in Tokyo, I spent four years designing waste...
Please Welcome James' Neighborhood Recycling Service to the AOR Membership!
What is the name of your business or organization?
James' Neighborhood Recycling Service
What does your business/organization do?
We have a door-to-door recycling service for our neighbors and other nearby neighborhoods...
Communities across Oregon - and around the country - are struggling with contaminated recyclables, which has contributed to a sharp drop in interest in U.S. recycled materials from China, the major market for them.
Contamination happens when we put things into recycling bins that can't be recycled and/or are dirty (i.e...
Resource Recycling compiled a great summary of “Recycling Markets Development in the 21st Century,” a workshop co-hosted by the National Recycling Coalition (NRC) and the Association of Oregon Recyclers (AOR) on April 4, 2018.
The event drew more than 140 people from several states to discuss a wide range of issues and...
The ReBuilding Center posted a great summary of AOR's Spring Forum. Here's an excerpt:
One thing that struck me about the Association of Oregon Recyclers' Spring Forum, entitled “Reuse Systems and Organizations in Action,” was how incredibly rich the reuse culture in Oregon is. I was impressed by organizations small and...
