Recycling 101, offered by Oregon State University (OSU) Professional and Continuing Education in partnership with AOR, teaches participants about the life cycle of recyclables, the impact of hazardous waste, and how to manage compostables, plus how to reduce waste at home and in the workplace.

On February 1st, the Willamette Week published an article  arguing against Oregon's Bottle Bill, and the deposit increase slated for April 1st.

Recognizing that students are our industry's future, AOR is now offering FREE membership currently enrolled full-time higher education students or Americorps volunteers. At the January meeting, the Board unanimously voted to make AOR more accessible to those just getting started in the industry.

Membership in AOR provides tremendous opportunities for students to:

The Far West Recycling (FWR) Beaverton location is closing.  March 31st, 2017 will be the last day of operations at the site. 

Welcome New AOR Member Brion Hurley!

What is your name?  Brion Hurley

Where do you work and what do you do? Rockwell Collins in Wilsonville. I'm a Lean Six Sigma process improvement consultant working on making the manufacturing processes run faster with fewer defects. I'm also the new president of Recycling Advocates.

Oregon Beverage Recycling Cooperative (OBRC), the operational entity behind Oregon’s Bottle Bill, is announcing efforts to develop an innovative refillable beer bottle program in partnership with Oregon breweries. As a national leader in environmental initiatives and craft brewing, Oregon represents an ideal setting to create a refillable beer bottle system.

Recycling Today reports that AOR member Agilyx is set to develop a styrene monomer production plant in Oregon. 

The facility will use its proprietary commercial pyrolysis system to convert polystyrene scrap into a liquid monomer.

Despite the cold weather, the commodity markets were warm.

On January 18, 2017 the Oregon Environmental Quality Commission (EQC) adopted proposed rules that: