2004 Recycling Advocates Newsletter Archive

December 2004

• Portland Researching Residential Roll Carts
• Seattle Approves New Waste Policies
• The Holiday List
• Troutdale Rolls Out Pilot Project
• MetroPaint Move
• Become a Master Recycler
• Bring Earth Share into your workplace and support RA and other
• environmental groups
• Question of the Month

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November 2004

• Organics Collection on the Horizon
• Stopping Junk Mail before It Arrives
• City Helps Businesses to "Go Blue"
• Metro Businesses Recycling Requirements
• Become a Master of Recycling!
• Question of the Month

October 2004

• Recycling Newspapers in a Commingled World
• Political Conventions and Solid Waste Reduction
• Help Wanted: Volunteer Your Graphic Design Skills
• Product Alert: Aluminum Beer Bottles
• Lunch Box It!
• Question of the Month

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September 2004

• Trash on the Other Side of the Columbia
• One Step Forward, Two Steps Back?
• Contribute to ESOR at Your Workplace: It's So Easy
• Portland and Recycling Bins
• PET and HDPE Recycling Woes
• MetroPaint Seeks Artisans
• Thank you, Tanya!
• Welcome Betty and Rhett
• Question of the Month

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August 2004

• RA Board Slate for August 9 Election
• To Box or to Bag?
• Collecting Recyclables at Apartment Buildings, Part 2
• Cell Phone Recycling Update
• It's More than the Toxins
• Question of the Month

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July 2004

• RA Member Tour and Annual Meeting
• Collecting Recyclables at Apartment Buildings
• PVC and Bottle Recycling
• Do You Have Earth Share of Oregon at Your Workplace?
• Need a Place for Old Stuff?
• Garbage Rates Drop in Portland
• Storing Recyclables
• Question of the Month
• NEPSI Limbo Continues
• Help Wanted: Volunteer Your Graphic Design Skills

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June 2004

• Contamination and Loss of Recyclables
• Two States Ponder E-Waste
• Recycleman and the Dumpster Divers
• Oregon's Environment and the Legislature
• Catalog Companies and Their Impact
• What papers do RA readers use?
• Question of the Month

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May 2004

• Office Depot Goes Green?
• E-waste Advisory Committee Update
• Clopyralid Restrictions Work
• Thank You, Volunteers!
• Earth Share Notes
• MetroPaint Now in Gallon Cans
• Question of the Month

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April 2004

• Charged Up About Battery Recycling
• Electronics and Their Toxic Consequences
• Product Alert: The Toilet Brush You Flush
• Oregon Green Schools Team up for the Environment
• New! "The 10¢ Incentive to Recycle"
• Question of the Month

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March 2004

• The Way of the Aluminum Can
• No NEPSI Agreement Yet, But...
• Diary of a Compost Hotline Operator: Edible Essays on City Farming
• Waste Prevention and Global Warming
• State Advisory Committee on Electronic Product Stewardship gets underway
• Question of the Month
• Master Recycler Program Announces Next Course

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February 2004

• Question of the Month!
• Oregon's Rigid Plastic Container Recycling Rate Drops
• Members of E-Waste Group Announced
• Plastic Bag Update
• Free Metro Calendar Promotes Workplace Recycling
• Master Recycler Program Update
• Master Re-User Program in NYC
• Where Did SCRAP Go?

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January 2004

• Oregon's Waste Recovery Rate Dips to 46.5 Percent
• A Last Act For Composting
• Do You Have Earth Share of Oregon at Your Workplace?
• Better World Club Challenges AAA
• RA Seeks Member Volunteers for State of Recycling in Oregon

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