Events Archive 

• SWANA Oregon Chapter meeting and Summer Tours

  SSI Shredding Systems & Willamette Resources, Inc

  July 19, 2007, 11:30 – 2:30
  RSVPs required to BPatton@SWANAOregon.org

SSI Shredding Systems

   9760 SW Freeman Drive, Wilsonville
Willamette Resources Inc

   Wilsonville, Oregon

 

Lunch will be served at SSI at 11:30, seating limited.
 

SSI Shredding Systems designs and manufactures 1, 2 & 4-shaft shredders, primary reducers and pre-load transfer station compactors. SSI's patented features and low-speed, high-torque technologies provide solutions for size reduction, volume reduction, resource recovery, recycling, security destruction and pre-processing.

Willamette Resources, Inc, an Allied Waste Services company, is a material recovery facility in Wilsonville that is particularly suited to handle construction and demolition material and offers a recycling depot for the public. The generator can combine waste at the job site and transport the mixed material to WRI where materials such as cardboard, plastic, paper, metal, wood, concrete, brick, and other materials are separated for recycling. WRI is strongly committed to the environment. This facility specializes in documenting LEED certified construction loads with project summary information. WRI also offers drop boxes and hauling services.

 

Directions:

1. From the north, take I-5 to exit #286 (Stafford Road / N. Wilsonville).

2. Turn right at off-ramp and take an immediate left onto Commerce Circle.

3. Commerce Circle turns into 95th Avenue.

4. Go south on 95th 0.8 mile to Freeman.

5. Turn right on Freeman. You'll see a sign for SSI on 95th.

6. SSI is the first drive on the left.

1. From the south, take I-5 to exit #283, Wilsonville exit.

2. Turn west (left) on SW Wilsonville Rd.,

3. Right on SW Boones Ferry Road for just over a mile.

4. Turn left onto the ramp, then immediate right onto 95th for just over half a mile. Turn left on Freeman.

• Premier SWANA MRF safety training course to be offered at AOR conference: June 21, 2007

A very special SWANA premier training class will be offered in conjunction with the Association of Oregon Recyclers Annual conference at Eagle Crest, Oregon on June 21, 2007

Health and Safety Training for MRF Operator Personnel

This one-day course will show you how to minimize risk and improve safety for material recovery personnel.

Don’t let workers’ compensation bring you down anymore. Get the boost your Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) needs to reduce workplace injuries with the Health and Safety for MRF Operations Personnel Training course. This package comes with everything a manager or supervisor needs to cut loss and increase safe work habits. Topics covered include ergonomic injuries, emergency action plans, and primary emergency medical care.

 

Participants will...

• Review the types of equipment typically used at recycling facilities.

• Understand the importance of establishing a health and safety program.

• Learn basic anatomy and physics as it applies to the human back.

• Learn how to recognize hazardous materials.

• Get an overview of Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and federal regulations.

Topics covered...

• Hazard identification for recycling facility operating personnel

• Hazard mitigation overview

• Personal protective equipment (OSHA 29 CFR 1910.132-138)

• Hand safety / Machine guarding

• Sharps

• Noise and hearing conservation (29CFR 1910.95)

• Biological hazards

• Musculo-skeletal disorder and ergonomic Injuries

• Heavy equipment operation

• Hazardous materials

• Fall protection

• Control of hazardous energy

• Confined space awareness

• Emergency action plans

• First aid / providing primary emergency medical care

The details...

• Cost for the course is only $250 for SWANA, AOR and WSRA members. $300 for non–members.

• Course fee includes a continental breakfast and lunch.

• SWANA Continuing Education Credits are available for managers, associates, and inspectors for each certification discipline. Details at www.SWANAOregon.org.

• Register on the AOR conference registration form (link below). You do NOT have to register for the conference to participate in the course.

Visit the AOR conference website!

 

• 2007 Northwest Regional Symposium

  22nd Annual Northwest Regional SWANA Symposium

  EMERGENCY AND DISASTER DEBRIS MANAGEMENT

  Speakers from the Northwest and the nation were on hand at the Tacoma Convention center for the Annual Northwest Regional Symposium hosted by SWANA Evergreen chapter. The single topic event of Emergency and Disaster Debris Management brought interested individuals from all parts of the west to learn, experience and review this most important and timely waste management issue.

  

  Conferees were thrilled by the innovative entertainment provided by Rob Faust - The Mask Messenger. The audience tries on a new attitude wearing the hand made masks.

  For more details visit the SWANA Evergreen chapters web site at www.swananw.org

   
• Winter Forum 2007

  Oregon Integrated Waste Management & Recycling Forum
  Speakers from Oregon’s major waste management organizations discussed their challenges and legislative focus in 2007. Hosted by SWANA Oregon.

  • Oregon Refuse and Recycling Association
  • Association of Oregon Recyclers
  • Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
  • SWANA Oregon

  Thursday, January 18, 2007
  11:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
  Red Lion Inn, Salem

  CLICK HERE TO VIEW PRESENTATION ARCHIVE

   

• Winter Forum 2006

A Winter forum on Disaster Debris Management held January 19th, 2006.

Debris management planning is essential to diverting large volumes of disaster generated waste from disposal.  A single disaster can generate years of waste and undue many years of advances in solid waste recycling and recovery.

CLICK HERE TO VIEW PRESENTATION ARCHIVE