Solid Waste Alternatives Advisory Committee

Meeting materials

Public notice (closed): Final administrative rules adopted for material recovery and conversion technology facilities

Feb. 1, 2018 11:25 a.m.

Metro is implementing rules to guide the licensing and inspection of facilities that receive source-separated recyclable materials as well as some facilities that convert waste to energy or fuel.
Public notice: Solid waste code updates

Nov. 22, 2016 5 p.m.

In November 2016, the Metro Council adopted updates to Metro's solid waste code to bring greater consistency and transparency.
Greater Portland waste recovery rate up in 2015

Nov. 9, 2016 10:05 a.m.

Greater Portland recycled and composted more than 60 percent of its trash in 2015, a slight increase from the recovery rate in 2014, state officials said Monday.
Anaerobic digestion one option for the region's trash

By Jodi Garber-Simon
June 5, 2015 10:15 a.m.

As the Metro Council considers where to send the region’s garbage starting in 2020, one method they may consider is anaerobic digestion of organic waste.