2002 Recycling Advocates Newsletter Archive

January 2002

• One Person's Trash...
• WEPSI Happenings
• Position Announcement
• Quart Jars Wanted
• One Planet: Past, Present and Future

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February 2002

• Recycler Profile: Total Reclaim/EcoLights NW
• Materials Exchanges
• Master Recycler Program News
• Look Up Your Legislative District
• Using Prison Labor for Electronics Recycling

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March 2002

• The Ins and Outs of Paper Recycling
• Spotlight on the GRRN
• Portlanders Recycle Nine Truckloads of Packaging Foam
• Fostering Sustainable Behavior Workshop
• Sign Up to Tour Far West Fibers
• The Future of Glass in Oregon
• WEPSI Update
• Green Office Guide - A New Resource
• National Agreement on Carpet Recycling
• Recovering Electronics from Residences and Small Businesses

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April 2002

• The Future of Glass in Oregon
• NEPSI: Stakeholders Agree on Financing Approach For Management of
• Used Electronics
• Fun & Educational Programs by ESOR
• Wanted: Quart Jars
• Exporting Harm

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May 2002

• Applying the First "R" (Reduce) to the Power Your Computer Uses
• Spotlight on Milk Jugs
• "Switch Out" Mercury
• Market Share Trumps the Environment
• Call for nominations!

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June 2002

• New Opportunities to Recycle Plastic Film
• How to Increase Your Legislative Influence
• Minimum System Required
• RA Electronics Forum
• Computer Energy Use - Addendum

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July 2002

• Obsolete Computers: Problems and Solutions for Consumers
• Community Cups
• Construction Site Recycling: RA Member Spotlight
• Oregon Bottle Bill - No News?
• Hawaii Becomes 11th Bottle Bill State
• Thank You, Volunteers!
• Creative Reuse

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August 2002

• Americans Trashed 50 Billion Aluminum Beverage Cans in 2001
• A National Bottle Bill
• RA Annual Meeting and Staffing Update
• Do You Want to be a Master Recycler?
• Help Save the Earth While Improving Your Public Speaking Skills
• RA at the Table
• Resale and Rental Resources
• Still Chasing Arrows After 25 Years: AOR Fall Conference

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September 2002

• The ABCs of Landfills
• Back to School: Waste-Free Lunches
• RA Publishes WEPSI Action Plan

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October 2002

• WEPSI and NEPSI Updates
  Stewards of the Beverage Industry
• Meet RA's New Administrator
• "Exporting Harm" Video Available on Loan
• Thank You, Tanya!
• New Opportunities to Recycle

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November 2002

• Household Hazardous Waste: Prevention, Education and Collection
• Buying Post-Consumer Office Paper
• Recycling Markets
• Contribute to Earth Share of Oregon at Your Workplace: It's so Easy
• Options for Unwanted Computers
• Reusing College Textbooks

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December 2002

• Tire Recycling Task Force Report
• NEPSI Update
• Ideas for a Green Holiday Season
• Focus on Research
• How Much Are You Paying for Packaging?
• Living Christmas Trees Available
• Give RA Memberships This Season

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