Meet the 2024 AOR Board Candidates
The 2024 AOR Board elections will open on Tuedsay, June 18th after the candidate introductions during lunch at the Sustainable Oregon Conference. Members in good standing will receive and cast their ballots electronically. Write-in candidates will be allowed and the election window will close at noon on Thursday, June 20th.
Meet the 2024 Candidates
Eric Ahnmark, Recology
AOR Fall Forum
WHEN: Monday, October 28th; Time TBD.
AOR’s Legislative Committee is recruiting new members!
The committee is comprised of 10 members and includes hauler/processors, governments, and multiple representatives from membership sectors including consultants, individuals, community-based organizations, businesses and non-profits. Committee members are required to be AOR members.
Webinar: NWPSC Lunch & Learn Washington Battery Stewardship Program
Please join NWSPC on Wednesday, August 21st, for a Lunch & Learn about Washington's Battery Stewardship Law.
The law requires battery producers to establish and fund a program that will make it much easier for residents in Washington to recycle batteries.
Megan Warfield, Product Stewardship Unit Supervisor at the Washington Department of Ecology, will provide an overview of the program and discuss how local governments will be impacted and can get involved. There will be ample time for Q&A.
WEBINAR: Packaging EPR in Minnesota: Unpacking the Process
Over the past two decades, the U.S. product stewardship movement has grown and evolved, from a focus on toxic and bulky products to also include packaging and related materials. In 2021, Maine and Oregon enacted the first two packaging extended responsibility (EPR) laws, followed in 2022 by Colorado and California. A dozen other states have introduced packaging EPR bills over the past two years. In 2024, Minnesota took center stage.
DEQ Response to Circular Action Alliance Program Plan Now Available Online
On July 29, 2024, DEQ sent Circular Action Alliance its decision regarding the first draft program plan that CAA submitted to DEQ on March 31, 2024.
Mattress Recycling Coming to Oregon in January 2025
Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) authorized the Mattress Re
DEQ Approves MRC’s Mattress Stewardship Program Plan
As of July 25, 2024, the Department of Environmental Quality has approved a program plan from the Mattress Recycling Council for Oregon’s new mattress stewardship program. The approval letter and approved program plan can be found on the DEQ’s program web page.
Thank You to Our Sustainable Oregon 2024 Sponsors
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