Oregon News

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.

The 2017 Winter Forum will be held on Thursday, February 9 at the Chemeketa Center for Business and Industry in Salem. The Oregon SWANA Board invites all members to attend this fantastic event which will include a board meeting, annual membership meeting, presentations. and round table discussions.

The 2017 RecycleMania Tournament is right around the corner, and AOR encourages all colleges and universities in Oregon to get involved!

Launched last spring 2016, Ashland's pilot of placing bottle and can collection baskets downtown, was a program developed by the Ashland Conservation Commission with support and

assistance from City staff.

There are seven collection baskets sponsored and maintained by nearby businesses who monitor their use and assist with sorting and keeping the volume of materials in check. 

​Carestream Health, a manufacturer of medical and dental imaging systems in Rochester, New York, has announced it has reduced energy consumption and enhanced recycling efforts at its facilities in Oregon and Colorado.

Click here to read full article from Recycling Today.

Approximately $1.2 million in grant funding will soon be available to projects supporting local solid and household hazardous waste planning, prevention and recovery.

The grants will be available through the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality’s 2016 Materials Management program grant round. Last year, the program awarded nearly $600,000 to fifteen projects proposed by local governments.

On March 2, 2016, Ardenwald Elementary School was presented with 500 tickets to see Marvel Universe LIVE!  at the Moda Center.

In the first ongoing national effort of its kind by a retailer, Walgreens will install safe medication disposal kiosks in more than 500 drugstores in 39 states and Washington, D.C., primarily at locations open 24 hours.

On Saturday, March 12, 2016 at the HIstoric Elsinore Theatre, the Straub Environmental Center will present the 2016 Mid-Valley Green Awards.