The Oregon Food Bank Network is made up of 21 regional food banks and approximately 970 partner agencies in Oregon and Clark County, Washington. Oregon Food Bank works with partners across the food system collection about 90 million pounds of surplus from farmers, ranchers, fishers, processors, distributors, and grocers.

On Friday, June 10th at its 39th Annual Conference, the Association of Oregon Recyclers presented awards to outstanding businesses, individuals, and organizations in the fields of recycling, reuse, and sustainability.

The winners in each category were:

​Decon + Reuse '17 is the annual conference of the Building Materials Reuse Association, a one of a kind meeting of deconstruction and reuse practitioners from around the world.

The Building Material Reuse Association's international conference and expo on deconstruction and reuse is heading to Portland, Oregon this fall on September 25ht - 27th. 

The National Recycling Coalition announces the “Call for Nominations” for the 2017 Awards – with awards presented at the Resource Recycling Conference August 28-30, 2017 in Minneapolis. 

Spread the word!! Nominate the best programs or individual you know in the following categories:

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WOHESC is currently accepting proposals for speakers, sessions, and case studies created to empower stakeholders who are driving leadership and generating solutions for a more sustainable future to be shared at our upcoming conference in February 2018 in Portland, OR.. Our aim is to both enliven the role of higher education in the future of Washington and Oregon and the role students play in a future world.

The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality intends to award approximately $500,000 in Materials Management grants in 2017 that promote the prevention, reuse or recovery of solid wastes.

Last week the AOR membership gathered on the beautiful, albeit rainy, Oregon Coast for our 36th annual conference.  During Board elections members voted to fill several Board seats and we're thrilled to have so many new faces join the Board!