Oregonians threw away a record amount of garbage in 2022, the most recent annual report from the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality shows. The state’s households and businesses ...

“Those global disruptions really revealed to people the world of recycling beyond just putting your items in a bin,” said Nicole Portley, who’s leading Oregon’s recycling changes for the ...

But the long-term future of garbage disposal in the region is uncertain as the Coffin Butte Landfill is on track to run out of capacity, and Apple Tree Holdings, an Oregon company that provides ...