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AOR
2006 Annual Fall Forum Wrap-up:
Nearly 100 individuals
attended this very successful event...
Exploring
the Modernization of Oregon's Bottle Bill
A Stakeholder Discussion
December 6,
2006, 8:00 am – 4:00 pm
Willamette Valley Vineyards
8800 Enchanted
Way SE, Turner, Oregon
For 35 years, Oregon's Bottle Bill
has been an essential part of the recycling success story. It has
effectively reduced litter in Oregon and consistently delivers a high
quality stream of recyclable resources to manufacturers of new products.
But a changing marketplace for beverages and newer curbside recycling
systems have led to decreases in redemption, falling recycling rates for
rigid plastic containers, and an increasingly littered landscape.
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Forum Presentations
AGENDA
8:00 am
Doors open, registration, continental breakfast
8:20 am
Welcome and opening moments
Lee Barrett, AOR Chair
8:35 am
A series of 15 minute presentations
· Litter
then and now: roadside, agriculture, forests, parks.
Jack McGowan, Director, Oregon SOLV
· Recycling
then and now: Curbside programs, markets, recycling rate.
Jerry Powell, Publisher, Resource Recycling magazine
· Redemption
then and now: Current bottle bill numbers, rigid plastic container
recycling rate implications, and changing waste composition.
Peter Spendelow, Analyst, Oregon Department of
Environmental Quality
9:50 am
Break
10:00 am
A description of beverage container redemption programs: California,
Alberta, British Columbia and Oregon
John Fletcher, Container Recovery, Inc.; Bob Saari,
Beverage Container Management Board; Joe Gilliam, Oregon Grocers
Association; Jim Hill, Dept. of Conservation, California; Malcolm
Harvey, Encorp Pacific
Each presenter
has been asked to describe the following in their presentations:
· Purpose
of the program;
· Money:
refund value, processing payment; handling payment; where it originates,
where it goes;
· Governance/Auditing/Oversight:
how are the monies accounted for; how is program “regulated”; etc.
· Redemption
(public): What are the mechanisms employed; reverse vending machines,
buy backs, return to retail, curbside, or other?
· Collection/Processing/Marketing:
post redemption, what happens to beverage containers?
· Accomplishment:
recovery; litter reduction; business/public satisfaction etc.
12:15 pm
Lunch
1:00 pm
Two moderated panels
Jerry Powell, moderator
· Status
of Material Quality: Opportunities to Improve
Fiber- Pete Grogan, Weyerhaeuser; Plastics - Patty
Moore, Moore Recycling Associates
· Discussing
Third Party Organizations, describe in-state examples of public benefit
corporations or commissions.
Tom Beverly, Energy Trust; Malcolm Harvey, Encorp
Pacific; Bob Saari of the Beverage Container Management Board
3:00 pm
Update on stakeholder discussion
Gail McEwen, Oregon Consensus Program
3:15 pm
Discussion-moderated questions
Moderator: Lee Barrett, AOR Chair
· Discussions
generated from the day’s presentation.
4:00 pm
Wine Tasting
· Attendees
are encouraged to enjoy
no-host
wine tasting after the event at Willamette Valley Vineyards. |
