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Choose to Reuse Events 

RA Participates in “The Story of Plastic” Movie Discussion

June 4, 2020June 4, 2020 recycleadvocates Clackamas County, The Story of Plastic

Clackamas County hosted a screening of the movie “The Story of Plastic” and asked RA President Brion Hurley to participate

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What is the future of BYOC post-COVID? Portland Coffee Shops Speak Out

May 9, 2020October 26, 2020 recycleadvocates BYOC, Coffee, Coffee Cup Reduction Campaign, COVID, Nectar Cafe, Nossa Familia

Update from 10/26/20 from Nossa Familia: They have opened up their Seven Corners Cafe on SE Division (where they first

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Cafe Eleven joins BYOC Campaign with HuskeeCups

March 7, 2020March 15, 2020 recycleadvocates

Café Eleven is a coffee shop located in North Portland (435 NE Rosa Parks Way) near the Woodlawn district. Their

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TeaScape Massage and Teahouse Joins BYOC Campaign

March 4, 2020March 15, 2020 recycleadvocates

Located conveniently on SE Hawthorne and 14th (1413 SE Hawthorne Blvd), TeaScape is a quiet oasis offering tea and massage

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Sisters Coffee puts soul into BYOC campaign

April 1, 2019 recycleadvocates Bring Your Own Cup, BYOC, Oregon, Pearl District, Sisters Coffee

Sisters Coffee Company in the Pearl (1235 NW Marshall St) is a family owned company based out of Sisters, Oregon,

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Nossa Familia’s new location on 20th and Division charges 25 cents for to-go cups!

August 14, 2018 recycleadvocates BYOC, Nossa Familia, Plastic Straws, Stainless Steel Straws, Sustainability, To go charge, Zero Waste

by Brion Hurley Nossa Familia Coffee opened a new location this week on SE 20th and Division at Seven Corners,

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Maker of reusable takeout containers sells business as awareness of plastics waste grows

July 12, 2018 recycleadvocates Go Box, Jocelyn Gaudi, Laura Weiss

Laura Weiss is packing it in. Or perhaps it’s more appropriate to say she’s packing it out. Weiss is the

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BRING Tour

June 21, 2018 Adrienne Welsh

By Bonita Davis, RA Board Member  AOR’s 40th Annual Sustainable Oregon 2018 Conference in Eugene offered a tour of BRING, a

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Longbottom Coffee in Hillsboro Joins BYOC Campaign

May 29, 2018May 29, 2018 recycleadvocates Bring Your Own Cup, BYOC, Coffee Cup Reduction Campaign, Hillsboro, Longbottom, Lori Gates

Thanks to the outreach by one of our top BYOC volunteers Lori Gates, we have now added our 17th coffee

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BYOC Campaign awarded 2018 Green Grant from Rockwell Collins

April 25, 2018 recycleadvocates Bring Your Own Cup, BYOC, Green Grants, Rockwell Collins, Wilsonville

For the 3rd year in a row, we have received a Green Communities Grant award from Rockwell Collins! We will

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Latest RA News

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Local Initiatives

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  • Single-Use Non-Recyclable Plastics
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  • China Ban on Recycling Contamination

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If you were to contact a group of recycling professionals, as one recent survey did, and ask them to list all the ways that consumer product manufacturers drive them crazy, you’d probably hear a lot about “shrink sleeves”—those full-body, shrink-to-fit plastic labels found on beer cans, yogu...

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