Due to a lack of local hog fuel wood fiber users, the McFarlane’s Bark Vancouver and Milwaukie yards will no longer accept wood waste materials, pallets, construction wood, mill-cut wood, and commercially-cut wood as of Sunday, April 1, 2018.
They will continue accepting land clearing debris, trees, stumps, grass,...
The National Recycling Coalition (NRC) will hold a series of workshops around the country to address recycling markets development. NRC, a national voice for recycling issues, is hosting these workshops to allow participants within the targeted region to learn how to attract and develop new and local markets for recycling...
Rachel Morier, Director of Sustainability for PAC Packaging Consortium, offers insights on the circular economy for packaging, which she says is about mindful and purposeful design, and is very much complementary to sustainable materials management. She discusses new corporate packaging sustainability goals and how new and...
AOR-member Agilyx will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of their Tigard, Oregon polystyrene-to-styrene oil plant on April 19, 2018 at 10am. The ribbon-cutting will launch a week of celebrations, including plant tours by invitation from April 24-26, 2018. The plant is the first commercial-scale closed-loop...
Industry Experts Weigh In on the Proposed Infrastructure Plan - from Waste 360
Plastics Association Sees Success With Recycling Program - from Associations Now
Recycling Pressures Continue in Oregon; Bigger Cities Holding Out on Changes - from Waste Dive
Journey to the Waste: Has the West Learned Its Lesson...
