AOR Blog

02-15-2017

Recognizing that students are our industry's future, AOR is now offering FREE membership currently enrolled full-time higher education students or Americorps volunteers. At the January meeting, the Board unanimously voted to make AOR more accessible to those just getting started in the industry.

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02-10-2017

The Far West Recycling (FWR) Beaverton location is closing.  March 31st, 2017 will be the last day of operations at the site. 

The business park that housed the operations was sold, and there are plans to redevelop the property.  Unfortunately, with the redevelopment plans, FWR has been unable to secure a new lease. We...

02-03-2017

Welcome New AOR Member Brion Hurley!

What is your name?  Brion Hurley

Where do you work and what do you do? Rockwell Collins in Wilsonville. I'm a Lean Six Sigma process improvement consultant working on making the manufacturing processes run faster with fewer defects. I'm also the new president of...

02-02-2017

Oregon Beverage Recycling Cooperative (OBRC), the operational entity behind Oregon’s Bottle Bill, is announcing efforts to develop an innovative refillable beer bottle program in partnership with Oregon breweries. As a national leader in environmental initiatives and craft brewing, Oregon represents an ideal setting to create a...

01-31-2017

Recycling Today reports that AOR member Agilyx is set to develop a styrene monomer production plant in Oregon. 

The facility will use its proprietary commercial pyrolysis system to convert polystyrene scrap into a liquid monomer.

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