Sustainable Oregon 2016, AOR’s 38th annual conference, will be held at the Double Tree Hotel at the Lloyd Center in Portland, Oregon on June 8-10.

We are expecting approximately 300 people representing a diversity of the recycling industry in Oregon and the Northwest. AOR wants to get your input on relevant and exciting speakers and session topics, and is now collecting session proposals.

Recycling 101, overseen by the Association of Oregon Recyclers and available online through Oregon State University’s Ecampus, is a non-credit professional development course designed to educate participants about recycling, waste prevention, and composting.

Our new membership renewal process is underway. It’s easy to forget when dues are up and it takes a lot of time reminding members of expired dues. Invoices for dues were mailed on September 1st. 

AOR is organizing two new exciting committees and is looking for volunteers!

Marketing Committee
AOR is recruiting members and non-members for a new marketing committee. We are looking for a few creative people to help guide AOR’s public image and communicate AOR’s value to the world! (Ok, maybe we could just start with the Northwest!)  

This award was given to Julie Daniel in recognition of her many years as a leader in sustainability. In 1996 Julie started working at BRING as a part-time administrative employee. In 1998, during a crucial transition period for BRING, she became interim general manager and then co-general manager. She was then hired as BRING’s first executive director in 2004.

The Recycler of the Year for an Individual is awarded to someone whose actions have significantly reduced solid waste or have furthered recycling, waste prevention and/or reuse. This year's award was presented Bradley Barnhart of Guy Lee Elementary at the 2015 AOR Sustainable Oregon Conference on June 5 in Bend, Oregon. 

The Alice Soderwall Reuse & Waste Prevention Award honors individuals or nonprofit organizations that have gone beyond the norm to reuse materials and prevent waste and has made a significant impact on the community as a result. This year's award was presented to Repair PDX at the 2015 AOR Sustainable Oregon Conference on June 5 in Bend, Oregon.