Oregon

  • Ritz Camera Offers Free Battery Recycling

    August 4th, 2008


    Ritz Camera has added rechargeable battery collection boxes to more than 140 western U.S. stores as part of a new partnership with Call2Recycle to encourage customers to recycle batteries.

    Participating stores are located in Arizona, California, Idaho, Nevada and Oregon, and customers can recycle obsolete rechargeable batteries in these stores at no charge.

    Call2Recycle is a campaign by the Rechargeable continue …


  • Cell Phone Recycling Program Helps Oregon Hospital

    July 30th, 2008


    Consumer Cellular, a mobile network operator based in Oregon, diverts cell phones from landfills and helps a local hospital through its recycling program, according to TMCnet.

    About 10,000 cell phones have been recycled since the program began in October. Usable phones are refurbished and sold, while others are properly recycled. All proceeds go to the Doernbecher Children’s Hospital Foundation at continue …


  • Cash Incentives Get Recyclers In Motion In Eugene

    July 22nd, 2008


    The Eugene Water and Electric Board (EWEB) in Oregon is giving a $30 cash incentive to citizens willing to recycle old, inefficient refrigerators and freezers, reports KVAL.com.

    “Many people don’t realize how much energy their older appliances are using,” EWEB Energy Specialist, Colleen Wedin, told KVAL. “By recycling rarely-used second refrigerators or older units that have been replaced with new, energy efficient continue …


  • Going Green at the Fair in Marion County, OR

    July 10th, 2008


    Organizers of the Marion County Fair in Oregon, which runs from today to July 13, are making efforts to lessen the environmental impact of the event, reports the Statesman Journal.

    Changes include:

    Eliminating the half-inch thick fair book which is normally distributed to thousands of residents (information is now posted online)
    Placing mixed paper recycling bins throughout the grounds
    Donating the leftover cooking oil continue …


  • Steel From The New Carissa Sent To The Recyclers

    July 7th, 2008


    Piece by piece, the steel of the wrecked 639-foot cargo ship, the New Carissa, is being removed from an Oregon beach and sent to a recycling center, reports The World newspaper.

    Taking on the giant task is Titan Salvage, a worldwide ship wreck removal company. The ship must be taken apart in slabs, and it’s not an easy process. On continue …


  • Free Styrofoam Recycling Event in Salem, Oregon

    June 9th, 2008


    Styrofoam products not accepted by Marion County curbside recycling programs will be collected at a special event from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 14 at Willamette University’s Sparks Fieldhouse in Salem, OR.

    Items accepted at the event:

    Dry block packing foam
    Meat trays
    Food containers
    Styrofoam egg cartons

    Items not accepted:

    Styrofoam with tape
    Construction foams
    Packing peanuts

    The foam will be taken to PLC Recycling where it continue …


  • California-based Site Recycles Wine Corks

    June 2nd, 2008


    Ever finished off a bottle of cabernet, placed the glass bottle in your recycling bin and wondered what to do with the cork? Northern Californians and Oregonians can now drop-off these corks for recycling at several locations.

    The drop-off locations have been organized by ReCork America, a program created by a Portuguese wine company that creates over a continue …


  • Oregon Partners to Reduce Energy Consumption

    January 31st, 2008


    The state of Oregon has committed to increase the number of energy-efficient computers and servers in state offices and agencies to reduce energy consumption by up to 50 percent in the next four years.


  • HP Finds New Way to Recycle Old Plastic

    January 30th, 2008


    Hewlett-Packard is using recycled plastic to make up a majority of the material in its inkjet cartridges, already resulting in 200 million recycled content cartridges.


  • Christmas Tree Growers Introduce Green Standards

    November 26th, 2007


    The Environmentally Conscious Growers out of Oregon has developed a standard for identifying the Christmas trees that are the greenest in more ways than one.