SVdP provides Styrofoam (EPS) recycling solution

Recycling

If asked to stop and think about expanded polystyrene, the first question that comes to your mind might be “What the heck is expanded polystyrene?” Quick answer: You know it as that lightweight, rigid yet cushioning white foam-block material that protects all manner...

Exciting upgrades approved for Oregon recycling, housing

Affordable Housing, Recycling

A letter from Terry McDonald: In a time when we can all use some good news, I want to tell you about two remarkably positive things happening for the greater good in the state of Oregon. These developments will have great impacts on our ability at St. Vincent de Paul...

Transfer Site Drop-off Hasn’t Slowed Mattress Recycling

Recycling

UPDATE 1/24/25 The Prairie Road Mattress Recycling Facility is now accepting up to ten mattresses per household for FREE recycling during business hours 8 a.m.- 4 p.m. Monday – Friday. Quantities greater than 10 mattresses are still FREE of charge but require an...

Marley’s Monsters Asks What’s Left Over In YOUR Shop?

Recycling

When Marley’s Monsters sought an innovative way to recycle production waste, St. Vinnie’s was there to apply the conservatively creative talents of its ENVIA upcycled-fashion affiliate. Based in Eugene, Marley’s Monsters makes eco-friendly products and innovative...

Recycling, Upcycling, Fun Arise at Metamorphose 2019

Recycling

Lane Events Center A Spacious Showcase for Recycled Goods, Games and Fashion Like a butterfly venturing from its chrysalis, Metamorphose 2019 emerged from creatively productive minds to fill the Lane Events Center of objects of wonder, challenge and mercy on the...

From the Waste Up: Metamorphose Transforms Fashion

Recycling

Fabric Scraps Aren’t What They Used To Be… … And neither are fashion accessories, as illustrated by designer Lilliana Hansen and her friend and model Cam Mills. You can’t help but smile back even as the significance of the hat’s hat...