Solid Waste Alternatives Advisory Committee

Meeting materials

Meeting materials are available in PDF format about one week in advance.

Meeting materials are available in PDF format. The meeting minutes are posted after committee approval.

Agenda896.08 KB Adobe Acrobat PDF Published Jul 11, 2018
Tonnage allocations and rate transparency update180.16 KB Adobe Acrobat PDF Published Jul 11, 2018
Local Governments Letter500.54 KB Adobe Acrobat PDF Published Mar 23, 2017
Rate Transparency cost estimate template882.22 KB Adobe Acrobat PDF Published Jul 11, 2018

Agenda819.88 KB Adobe Acrobat PDF Published May 9, 2018
Wet waste tonnage allocation - proposed 2020 methodology3.29 MB Adobe Acrobat PDF Published Mar 12, 2018

Public notice: 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.