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2005 Newsletters
December 2005
- How Energy Costs and Availability Affect the Recycling Industry and the Goal of Sustainability
- Free Plastic Recycling Roundups
- From the President with Betty Patton
- Waste Prevention in Gift Wrapping
- Thoughts by Lori Stole, sustainUS
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November 2005
Is Portland Ready?
Recycling's Effect on Global Warming
From
the President
Are Companies "Greenwashing" with Claims about Recycled Products?
Far West Fibers
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October 2005
Sustainability
and the RSWMP
Contribute
to ESOR at your workplace: it's so easy
From
the President
Reduce,
Reuse, Recycle
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September 2005
DEQ Settles
with Portland Recycler Over Disposal of Recyclable Materials
Plastics
- the Inside Story
Waste
Reduction Grants
MEMBERS
CORNER: September guest writer Rick Craycraft
Master
Recyclers Successfully Round-Up Five Tons Of Plastic
From
the President
FREE
Reduce, Re-Use, Recycle Posters
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August 2005
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July 2005
Recycling: Where Does It Go?
RA Board Slate for July 20 Election
Oregon E-Waste Legislation Still in Play
Federal Recycling Tax Incentive Approved by Senate
New Administrator at RA
IRON ARTIST Sculpt-off Competition
A Market for Unused Pills?
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June 2005
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May 2005
California’s Electronic Waste Recycling Program
Waste Tire Recovery Bill Hits Roadblock
Association of Oregon Recyclers Conference
Gardeners: Recycle Your Plastic Flower Pots!
SCRAP Happenings
In Brief: Oregon Bills and More
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April 2005
National E-waste Legislation
Advanced Recovery Fee (ARF): The Way to Go
Advancing Sustainability in Oregon Schools
RA Seeks New Contractor
Urgent
Legislative Update: Senate Bill 740
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March 2005
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February 2005
Water On The Go: Reflections on the Bottle
Recycling Mercury-Containing Lamps
News In Brief
Get Active, Get Action Alerts!
Recycling at Events: A Guide to Reducing Waste at Any Event
Question
of the Month
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January 2005
Looking Toward the 2005 Legislative Session
E-Waste Progress Report
A Passion for Puppets and Materials Re-use
What to do with it?
Question
of the Month
2004 Newsletters
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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?
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
2003 Newsletters
December 2003
Simplifying
the Holidays
E-waste
Forum in Review
Welcome
Rick Paul to the RA Board
RA Seeks
Member Volunteers for State of Recycling in Oregon
Do Not
Call, and Do Not Send Junk Mail!
SCRAP
is Moving Soon!
Thank
You to Those Who Contributed Through Earth Share of Oregon
Join RA's
New Marketing and Outreach Team
Have You
Heard of Freecycling?
Is There
Gold in Those Goodwill Bins?
November 2003
If It'll
Rot, It's Hot
It's not
"In the Bag" yet for Ireland
Find a
SWAC near you!
Holiday
Cards from Recycled Fiber
October 2003
Reusing
and Recycling Bikes and Parts Locally
PVC Recycling?
Legislative
Wrap Up
The Launching
of Electronic Product Stewardship in Oregon
Contribute
to ESOR at Your Workplace: It's So Easy.
September 2003
Small
Business Solutions
E-waste
Legislation Update: We Did It!
Annual
Member Meeting Highlights
Master
Recycler Programs in Oregon
Free
Deskside Paper Recycling Boxes
Thanks
Volunteers!
August 2003
Small
Business Recycling
Back
to School, Back to Waste Prevention
The Gleaners
and I, a film by Agnès Varda
RA Board
Election Results
National
Bottle Bill Alert!
July 2003
Who are
the Recycling Advocates?
Stop
the Phone Book Flood
Salzburg
Journal: Organic Waste Collection
Got an
Old Mac, Go to MacRenewal
Flipping
Burgers over Propane?
June 2003
"Glass
to Trash" Bill Stopped Cold
Aluminum
Can Recycling
Cyber
Recycling for Kids
Environmental
Design of Electronics
Calling
All Recycling Advocates!
Legislation
Watch
Master
Recycler Program Moves
May 2003
Bottle
Bill Legislation Near and Far
SB 867:
Electronics Product Stewardship Update
2003
Environmental Handbook Now Available
Composter
Update
New MetroPaint
Colors
Come All
Recycling Advocates!
Do You
Have Earth Share of Oregon at Your Workplace?
April 2003
Toward
the Road to Recovery
Metro's
Buyer's Guide to Recycled Products
E-Waste
Legislation Update
Bottle
Bill and State Revenues
Bon Voyage,
Kate!
RA
on Advisory Committee in Gresham
March 2003
Metro
Region Recovery in 2001
A Faith
Community Promotes Waste Reduction
Legislative
Watch: OCN Lobby Day
RA Seeks
Member Volunteers
Small
Jars Wanted
If you
want to help RA move e-waste legislation...
Thank
You to Those Who Contributed Through ESOR
February 2003
Recycling
Plastic Tubs
Recycling
Advocates Proposes State Legislation
Become a
Master Recycler
DEQ Awards
Grants for Portland Area-Based Recycling Projects
January 2003
Cell
Phone Waste Increasing
Event
Recycling Guide Update
Metro
- Hazardous Waste and Recycled Paint
Junk Mail
Prevention Update
Thank
You Member Volunteers!
2002 Newsletters
January 2002
One
Person's Trash...
WEPSI
Happenings
Position
Announcement
Quart
Jars Wanted
One
Planet: Past, Present and Future
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
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
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
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!
June 2002
New
Opportunities to Recycle Plastic Film
How
to Increase Your Legislative Influence
Minimum
System Required
RA Electronics
Forum
Computer
Energy Use - Addendum
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
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
September 2002
The
ABCs of Landfills
Back
to School: Waste-Free Lunches
RA Publishes
WEPSI Action Plan
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
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
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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