Marion County has partnered with the Salem Environmental Education organization to bring you the very first EarthWISE Sustainability luncheon.  That means food, facts, familiar faces, and fabulously great opportunities to network while learning about current and upcoming possibilities in changes that are coming our way.

The Department of Environmental Quality has released two new waste prevention campaigns to help local governments comply with new Waste Prevention and Reuse requirements of SB 263. These shelf-ready campaigns are now available on

Video, notes, or slides from recent events can be found at:

The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality and Oregon Sustainability Board have just published nine new literature summaries addressing the environmental impacts of a variety of foods and food-related issues. The literature summaries are designed to help growers, producers, retailers, and large purchasers reduce the environmental impacts of foods.

Fall Policy Forum: China's ban and solid waste and recycling policy discussion (WSRA)

On July 18, 2017, China notified the World Trade Organization (WTO) of its intent to ban the import of certain scrap materials by year end. 

On September 13, 2017: draft revised "GB 16487" Environmental Protection Control Standards for Imported Solid Wastes as Raw Materials, with further restrictions on allowable prohibitives. 

Are you a municipal representative?

Do you want to help design a new data management, program assessment, and public outreach service that will be available free-of-charge to municipal solid waste and recycling program managers in 2018?