The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality released its 23rd annual report on municipal post-consumer (residential and commercial) material recovery and waste generation in Oregon.

DEQ analyzed detailed annual surveys and disposal reports to compute waste recovery amounts for 2014 and estimated energy savings and greenhouse gas benefits from that waste recovery.

In honor of its 15th anniversary, the Product Stewardship Institute (PSI) hosted its 2015 National Forum on December 8-9 in Boston, Massachusetts. Environmental experts from around the United States, Europe, and Canada gathered to discuss issues related to zero waste, product stewardship, and the circular economy.

The Oregon Beverage Recycling Cooperative is opening a new bottle redemption center at 14411 SW Pacific Hwy in Tigard, The new BottleDrop location will host a grand opening celebration on Tuesday, December 29th from 9am - 5pm.

The City of Portland's Sustainability at Work newsletter recently profiled AOR Member City of Roses Disposal and Recycling. 

The November issue of Plastics Recycling featured an in-depth article by Tim Buwalda, Christy Shelton, and Resource Recycling Staff covering the Oregon Plastics Recovery Assessment Project.

A snippet from the article:

This webinar builds on previous webinars where we discussed how to recycle right with tactics and tools to improve residential recycling. This webinar will take a look at how to effectively minimize contamination in the recycling stream.

Do you know a person, business or or​ganization that acts, thinks and does green? Then you need to nominate then today! All nominations are due by midnight on January 18, 2016. Winners of each category will be announced at the 2016 Mid-Valley Green Awards on March 12, 2016 at the Salem Convention Center.

The American Paper and Forest Association and PaperRecycles.org created a lively video about paper recycling, which won a 36th Annual Bronze Telly Award (the annual Telly Awards program honors excellence in broadcast and online video content). The video promotes increased quantity and

​AOR's second "On the Road Tour" was held on September 29 in Eugene at Lane Community College, Bring Recycling, and the Lane County Transfer Station. We had an intimate group of roughly 20 AOR members from all over the northwest. One member even joined us from Port Angeles, Washington!

On September 15, 2015, DEQ will open its 2015 round of materials management grants for projects that prevent, recover, or reuse solid and household hazardous wastes.  DEQ expects to award up to $500,000 in materials management and HHW grants to local governments from across the state in early 2016.