Letters written to Santa by local children are received at the U.S. Post Office as a part of Operation Santa on Friday, Dec. 11, 2020 in Salem, Oregon ... Styrofoam, can be placed in your ...

In March, the Agilyx chemical recycling ... foam — commonly called by the brand name Styrofoam — for a fee. Owner Christopher Regis founded Green Century in 2008 after Oregon passed the ...

Milwaukie students will be hosting a Recycle Day on Saturday, during which citizens can bring and recycle old electronics, ranging from laptops and scanners to water heaters and car batteries.

SALEM — Plastic grocery bags and Styrofoam ... t recycle out there,” Doherty said. “But these, you can.” To Schouten, it doesn’t make economic or environmental sense for far-flung Oregon ...

Camp Pendleton is attacking its disposable waste by concentrating on polystyrene packaging, or Styrofoam, and recycling it. Most people think that Styrofoam is not recyclable, but the truth is the ...

have banned polystyrene foam food containers. Several Oregon cities have already had bans in place, including Ashland, Eugene, Florence, Lincoln City, Medford, Milwaukie, Newport and Silverton.

A new year means new laws taking effect in Oregon. One of those new laws, the statewide ban on Styrofoam to-go containers ...

But while cities throughout the state have enacted their own bans on foam food containers, state lawmakers have yet to set a policy for all of Oregon ... for curbside recycling, but the company ...

In Oregon, two bills could soon play into that question for people dining out. Under Senate Bill 543, lawmakers are considering banning Styrofoam ... reuse recycle’ when you're using your ...

Kristyna Wentz-Graff / OPB Restaurants, food carts and other vendors in Oregon would be banned ... not being reclaimed in our recycling process.” Plastic foam packaging has been a persistent ...