Mission

Resourceful PDX is about making simple changes to help you save money, support your community, conserve natural resources and enjoy more time with friends and family.
 

By making simple changes in our everyday choices, we can consume in ways that benefit ourselves, our families and our community. 

Resourceful PDX focuses on these four categories:

These are effective ways residents can get the things they need while saving money, avoiding waste, and cutting clutter – while simultaneously conserving natural resources and reducing carbon emissions. 

Background

In 2006, the City of Portland adopted a waste prevention goal to reduce per capita waste generation below 2005 levels by 2015. And in 2007, City Council voted to approve the Portland Recycles! Plan, effectively mandating the City to work with the community to help stop growth in the waste stream.

The 2015 Portland / Multnomah County Climate Action Plan further reinforces these waste reduction goals through the following 2030 Objectives:

• Reduce consumption-related emissions by encouraging sustainable consumption and supporting Portland businesses in minimizing the carbon intensity of their supply chains.

• Reduce food scraps sent to landfills by 90 percent.

• Reduce per capita solid waste by 33 percent.

• Recover 90 percent of all waste generated.

The Resourceful PDX program was developed to give Portland residents tools and ideas for reducing waste, and specifically, how to take action and where to find resources. To do this, the program encourages residents to try simple changes in how they get what they need. Resourceful PDX:

• Connects residents with resources – including community-based organizations, local businesses, government agencies, and each other – to help them be successful in reducing waste.

• Offers resources specific to times of life transition that are often periods of increased stress, pressure, clutter and stuff, which can also lead to greater waste. These transitions also create opportunities to try simple changes and reduce their waste. The program focuses on these times of transition: Moving, Growing Family, Home Improvement, and Kids in School.

resourceful Pdx is a program of bPS