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A group of business owners and residents in Portland is pushing for the Oregon Legislature to reconsider the cash refunds offered for recycling beverage containers.
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Legislation in Maine would mimic Oregon’s system of giving a recycling cooperative unclaimed deposits. California is mulling changes as well.
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The shutting of the recycling pipeline to China put a serious dent in recycling efforts on this side of the Pacific. Where we could once bale up our…
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Since China announced it would no longer accept America's recyclables, the region's waste management services have been scrambling to find a new route for…
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Recycling changed for a lot of us last year, when China--which had accepted many of our recyclables--stopped doing so. U.S. communities are still looking…
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China threw a curveball, and now we're throwing a lot of "recyclables" into landfills. We used to ship many recycled materials to China, but the country…
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Frustration with recycling remains elevated in the region. China's decision to stop taking most American recyclables changed what some recyclers will…
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There's a certain sense of virtue that comes from flinging an item into a recycle bin. "At least I'm not throwing it away," you might think. But even…
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It's getting rough out there at the curb. Placing our trash and recycle bins out for collection is a bit more labor-intensive in some communities. Rogue…
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Those trips to recycle bottles in Oregon could get heavier and more lucrative in the New Year. Oregon's half-century-old bottle law is changing once…
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Reduce, reuse, recycle. We're pretty well along in the third of those, but not so organized on the first two. Rogue Valley Habitat for Humanity wants to…
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Maybe you never knew where the stuff from your recycled bin ended up... until the recent news from China. China has taken a lot of stuff off the hands of…
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March figures to be a very slow month at the bottle returns in Oregon. Because the first day of April, the money paid for each bottle doubles, from a…
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Younger people--say 25 and under--probably can't remember a time without recycle bins next to the trash cans. The rest of us have had to get used to…