Reuse is the New Recycle

Read about NextStep in the U of O Daily Emerald. Go here for the full story.

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Karen McCowen, a Reporter for the Register Guard, attended NextStep’s 2008 fund raiser for our Guatemalan nonprofit partner, INEPAS, and met the Director, Maria Antonieta Ixcoteyac Vel

Woo wee, that was a great Grand Opening celebration at our new Springfield location! There were almost 85 people who came-many new faces and many good friends. Thanks so much to everyone for participating!

Go here for the KEZI news story on the event: NextStep Springfield Grand Opening

Mayor Sid Lieken and Mayor Kitty Piercy were our special guests. Thanks for being there and giving us such a hardy welcome. Thanks to the Springfield Chamber of Commerce for providing the ribbon cutting.

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NextStep opens new shop in Springfield to better serve our community. Go here for the full story!

By Sarah Grimm for the Register Guard Jan 4, 2009
Don’t toss that TV! Beginning this month, recycling of televisions, laptops, computers and monitors will be free and convenient for all Oregonians through E-Cycles, a state-wide recycling program resulting from the 2007 passage of House Bill 2626. Check out www.oregonecycles.org.

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NextStep Recycling's participates in the new electronics recycling program as one of two nonprofit collectors and recyclers in the state. Go here for the full story.See the related article on the state wide program here.

Oregon E-Cycles, established by Oregon’s Electronics Recycling Law (ORS 459A.300-.365), is a new statewide program that requires electronics manufacturers to provide responsible recycling for four types of electronic devices.

The new statewide program provides free recycling of computers, laptops, monitors, and TVs. The program is financed by electronics manufacturers and jointly implemented with the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ).

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Our founder, and Executive Director makes the Register Guard Business page.

The Woman Business Leader of the Year founds a nonprofit and runs it her own way

By Sherri Buri McDonald
The Register-Guard Published: Nov 23, 2008 09:44AM

By Sherri Buri McDonald
The Register-Guard
 
Published: Nov 14, 2008 09:31AM
 

 
Kevin Clark/The Register-Guard

Lorraine Kerwood (center), executive director of NextStep Recycling, is named the winner of the Woman Business Leader of the Year award at the Hilton Eugene.

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