DEQ Materials Management Grants Open: Expands grant opportunities for the prevention, reuse or recovery of solid waste
Release Date: Friday, July 14, 2017
Release Date: Friday, July 14, 2017
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality is offering ten scholarships for Oregon deconstruction and reuse professionals to attend the Decon + Reuse '17 conference in Portland, Sept. 25-27, 2017.
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.
The Board of SWANA Oregon Chapter extends an invitation to you for their Spring Tour! Join them as they make the voyage south to visit our friends in Southern Oregon.
The markets underwent considerable upheaval in April. After months of gains on cardboard and mixed papers, the markets came to a crashing halt.
Recycling Advocates (RA) has launched a new awareness campaign in local coffee shops called Bring Your Own Cup, aimed at reducing the number of single-use (disposable) coffee cups sent to landfills from the Portland Metro area.
SALEM – The Oregon Senate passed a bill today to smooth the process and reduce potential waste when the 5-cent bottle deposit rises to 10 cents at stores statewide on April 1.
On January 18, 2017 the Oregon Environmental Quality Commission (EQC) adopted proposed rules that:
Recycling Advocates and AOR were awarded a grant from the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to assist in updating the Recycling 101 online course.