2016 Conference
DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel
June 6-8
Portland, OR
View the Agenda, Presentations, and Speaker Bios
Check out the agenda, presentations, and speaker bios for Sustainable Oregon 2016.
VIEW THE AGENDA, PRESENTATIONS, AND SPEAKER BIOS
Recycler of the Year Awards
Each year, AOR selects individuals and organizations that have made exceptional contributions to recycling and waste prevention to receive Recycler of the Year awards.
VIEW THE 2016 RECYCLER OF THE YEAR AWARD WINNERS
Board Elections
AOR's election of officers was held at the annual meeting on June 9, 2016.
Congratulations to AOR's newly elected board members:
Elizabeth Start, SCRAP PDX — Conference Chair
Holly Stirnkorb, Oregon DEQ — Membership Chair
Cherilyn Bertges, OBRC — Marketing Chair
Kristin Leichner, Pride Disposal — Secretary
Silent Auction
Thank you to everyone who donated items, helped solicit items, and bid on the silent auction. We raised over $1,900 towards scholarships for next year's conference! A special thank you to our silent auction coordinator, and AOR Fundraising Chair, Nick Isbister.
Sponsors
A big thank you to this year's sponsors:
Platinum
- Metro Resource Conservation & Recycling
- Republic Services
- Resource Recycling
- Waste Connections
Gold
- City of Portland
- Recology Western Oregon
- Waste Management
- WestRock
Silver
- City of Beaverton Solid Waste & Recycling Program
- City of Eugene Waste Prevention and Green Building Program
- Clackamas County Resource Conservation & Solid Waste
- EFI Recycling
- Far West Recycling
- K.B. Recycling, Inc.
- Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
- Oregon Refuse & Recycling Association
- Pride Disposal
- Washington County Solid Waste & Recycling Program
Bronze
- Grimm's Fuel
- Oregon Beverage Recycling Cooperative
Supporters
- Alison Briggs-Ungerer Consulting
- Bend Garbage & Recycling
- Covanta Marion
- Dahl Disposal
- Gresham Sanitary
- Hillsboro Garbage Disposal
- Lane County
- North Lincoln Sanitary Service
- Pacific Sanitation
- Southern Oregon Sanitation
- Tri-County Hazardous Waste & Recycling Program
- Walker Garbage
- Yamhill County
Exhibitors
A big thank you to this year's exhibitors:
- Agilyx
- BioBag
- Carton Council
- City of Portland
- Emerge Knowledge
- Free Geek
- Oregon Refuse & Recycling Association
- PCI Waste & Recycling
- Powerscreen of Washignton
- ProAdCo
- Recology Portland
- Recology Western Oregon
- Republic Services
- Trex Company
- Washington County Solid Waste & Recyling/Oregon DEQ
- Waste Connections
- Waste Management
- WestRock
Community Partners
A big thank you to this year's community partners:
- BRING Recycling
- Llyod EcoDistrict
- Northwest Environmental Business Council
- Oregon Refuse & Recycling Association
- Reuse Alliance Oregon
- Sustainable Business Oregon
- SWANA Oregon
- Washington State Recycling Association
Planning Committee
A big thank you to the Conference Planning Committee:
- AOR Conference Chair: Michelle Metzler, Waste Management
- Meghan Borato, City of Gresham
- Pete Chism-Winfield, City of Portland
- Courtney Cross, Lloyd EcoDistrict
- Moonrose Doherty, Sustainability Professional
- Justin Gast, The Recycling Partnership
- Wing Grabowski, City of Portland
- Rosalynn Grenne, Metro
- Nick Isbister, City of Gresham
- Laura Leebrick, Rogue Disposal & Recycling
- Kristin Leichner, Pride Disposal
- Michele Martin, Oregon DEQ
- Emily Murkland, PSU Community Environmental Services
- Jerry Powell, Resource Recycling
- Vinod Singh, Far West Recycling
- Brian Stafki, Washington County
- Elizabeth Start, SCRAP PDX
- Willie Tiffany, ORRA
- Susan Unrein, Metro
- Bruce Walker, City of Portland
- Kim Waxler, Metro
Thank You to Our Sustainable Oregon 2025 Sponsors
Title Sponsor
Scholarship Sponsor
