For the 3rd year in a row, we have received a Green Communities Grant award from Rockwell Collins! We will be using the money to replenish the campaign materials we provide to residents and coffee shops as part of our BYOC campaign. 50 grants for a total of $82,500 were awarded in 2018, which brings […]
By Nancy Mogielnicki, Guest Contributor After hearing Capt. Charles Moore (author of Plastic Ocean) talk about the Pacific Garbage Patch and the fact that bottle caps are the most numerous recognizable items in the gyre, I examined my buying habits and realized A.) that I didn’t discriminate between dairy/juice products with plastic caps and those with “old […]
Our Bring Your Own Cup (BYOC) campaign is now stretching out into Clackamas County. The first Clackamas County coffee shop to join the campaign is Wind Horse Coffee & Tea in Milwaukie. Wind Horse started participating in the campaign in February 2018. Staff have been in the habit of asking customers if they want their beverage for […]
by Bonita Davis Recycling Advocates was very pleased to welcome new volunteers to the Bring Your Own Cup Campaign (BYOCC) on Saturday, March 10th at New Season’s Market at Seven Corners on SE Division. Coming from throughout the Metro region, twelve responded to the opportunity through the Master Recycling Program, or from a recent BYOCC tabling […]
Join Recycling Advocates on for a quick and fun training session on how to become part of the Bring Your Own Cup Campaign. Be part of the team that visits coffee shops to learn what is being done to reduce waste created by the one-time-use white paper cup, through incentives to bring your own cup and […]
A new coffee shop has begun participating in the Bring Your Own Cup (BYOC) campaign at the start of 2018. Oracle Coffee put up a BYOC reminder window cling on their store entrance, to help customers remember to bring in their cup BEFORE they get inside (or remind them for the next visit). They also […]
Are you looking for an opportunity to own a sustainable, bike-based, award- winning, mission-driven, local Portland business? GO Box is an innovative service providing reusable takeout containers to food vendors and their customers. With conveniently located drop sites and a free mobile app, GO Box is a fast and easy alternative for busy people who […]
By Donna Lomnicki, RA Volunteer I attended the first, of many, Recycling Forums at New Seasons Market on 45th and Woodstock. The new forum is the brain child of Estelle Morley, Assistant Operations Manager The idea of this forum surfaced with the announcement from China that they are drastically reducing the acceptable amount of contamination in the scrap […]
By Holly Hummel, RA Treasurer As you may have heard, Far West Recycling (FWR) put up a notice that they will no longer accept most plastics, except for #1 and #2 plastic bottles. Here’s some background on why FWR and other recyclers are being forced to make these changes. In the past, the plastics collected […]
According to the Container Recycling Institute 2013 data, Americans bought an estimated 42.6 billion plastic water bottles in sizes of one gallon or less in 2010. 72% of those bottles ended up in a landfill or incinerator, while hundreds of millions ended up as litter in our waterways. Here is a good overview article about bottled water, including: […]
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