Materials Management in Oregon

DEQ has developed a long-term Vision for Sustainable Materials Management in Oregon. The 2050 Vision and Framework for Action serves as an update to the state's Solid Waste Management Plan (1995-2005).

2050 Vision and Framework for Action

The 2050 Vision and Framework for Action 2050 Vision and Framework for Action (53 pages) Informational webinar on July 19, 2012 Webinar recording Webinar advances automatically. Note: Recording begins one minute into the webinar on slide two.

Materials Management Group

DEQ convened a cross-section of stakeholders to inform the development of DEQ’s statewide Vision and contribute to the development of an action plan to move forward. The group met for five work sessions between October 2011 and May 2012.

• Materials management group members
• Background documents

Meetings

All documents are posted as PDFs unless otherwise noted.

• May 15, 2012
  • Agenda
  • Wrap Up presentation
• March 22, 2012
  • Draft Agenda
• January 10, 2012
  • Agenda
  • Presentations:
    • Introduction to Upstream/Production and Consumption Focus Areas
• November 10, 2011
  • Agenda
  • Discussion documents and presentations
    • Materials Management Vision
    • Waste Trends and Recovery Potential presentation
• October 12, 2011
  • Agenda
  • Presentations:
    • Overview and Introduction
    • Sustainability, Visioning and The Natural Step Approach (4MB, 93 slides)
    • What is Materials management
      A presentation on what "materials management" is, how it differs from "solid waste management," and why it matters.

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