AOR Blog

07-13-2018

Pierce Fittings in Eugene, Oregon is looking for someone who can recycle or reuse a steady stream of clean, vulcanized rubber.

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The waste rubber we generate is primarily SBR and EDPM rubber.  The waste is vulcanized rubber (heated).  We generate approximately 7000 – 8000 lbs of waste...

07-12-2018

Introducing our Coastal and Waterway Community Recycling Grant!

Looking for money to put carts on the ground? Live near a major body of water? You’re in luck: our latest grant was created just for you!
 
We’ve teamed up with The Coca-Cola Foundation to help out communities that have an extra hurdle: fighting...

07-11-2018
What is the name of your business or organization?
Oregon Mermaids LLC   What does your business/organization do?
Educate children and adults on conservation and recycling.        Tell us about your business/organization's recycling/sustainability practices.  We have a powerful recycling class that we have been...
07-05-2018

Many of the recycling/waste reduction coordinators that work with schools are jointly nominating Nancy Bond for the AOR Lifetime Achievement award. Nancy will be retiring in June after a long and successful career as a Resource Conservation Coordinator for Portland Public Schools. 

It is difficult to capture all of the...

07-03-2018

Free Geek stands out in the recycling ecosystem because of its unique circular model. By taking two massive societal problems—e-waste and the digital divide— and pointing them at each other, Free Geek uses one problem to solve the other.

Technology changes rapidly and computers, monitors, printers, smartphones and other...

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