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The BRAG application is now available to download. 

Business Recycling Awards Group

Showcase your business and be recognized for your company's sustainable practices. The Business Recycling Awards Group (BRAG) recognizes those businesses throughout Clackamas County doing an outstanding job of recycling, preventing waste, purchasing recycled-content products, and promoting sustainability.

Qualifying BRAG members meet the following criteria:

• Recycle all prevalent materials regularly;
• Prevent waste with at least three (3) ongoing activities; 
• Consistently buy recycled-content copier/printer paper and other products; 
• Participate in at least one activity promoting sustainability;
• Renew membership every three (3) years.

BRAG members benefit by:

• Public recognition through newspaper ads, articles, web sites and other media;
• A membership certificate and window decal for display at your business;
• A position as a role model for other businesses in your community; and
• Rights to the BRAG logo for use in your own promotional or advertising materials.

Distinguished Members

• AAA Oregon, Clackamas County
• AARP - Oregon State Office, Clackamas County
• Abernethy Center, Oregon City
• Acosta Sales and Marketing, Clackamas County
• Accurate Installation Services, Inc., Wilsonville 
• ADP Autosource, Milwaukie
• Advanced Supplements, Oregon City
• Albertson's, Lake Grove, Lake Oswego, Milwaukie, Oregon City, Sunnyside, West Linn
• Alton L. Collins Retreat Center, Clackamas County
• Autodesk, Lake Oswego
• Beaver Creek Cooperative Telephone Co., Clackamas County
• Benchmade, Oregon City 
• Binary Science, Lake Oswego 
• Blount, Inc., Milwaukie
• Blue Heron Paper Co., Oregon City
• Blue Sky Filters, Inc., Clackamas County
• Canby Area Chamber of Commerce
• Canby Telcom
• ChemStation - Wilsonville
• City of Gladstone - City Hall
• City of Happy Valley - City Hall
• City of Lake Oswego - City Hall
• City of Milwaukie - City Hall, Johnson Creek Blvd. Facility, & Public Safety Bldg.
• City of West Linn - Public Works
• Clackamas County - Board of Commissioners, County Counsel, Dept. of Transportation & Development, Records Management, and Water Environment Services
• Collier Arbor Care - Clackamas County
• Columbia Rubber Mills, Clackamas County
• Combined Business Services, Molalla
• Commercial Vehicle Systems, Inc., Canby
• Community Newspapers and the Portland Tribune, Milwaukie
• Contemporary Images, Milwaukie
• Convention Foliage Solutions - Clackamas County
• Dave's Killer Bread, Milwaukie 
• Del Mesa Farms, Oregon City
• Delap, CPA, Lake Oswego 
• Desktop Solutions, Clackamas County
• Dolphin Software, Inc., Lake Oswego  
• Doncasters PED Manufacturing, Inc., Oregon City
• Driver and Motor Vehicles Services, DMV - Sandy Field Office
• Earth Mama Angel Baby®, Clackamas County
• End of the Oregon Trail Interpretive Center, Oregon City
• Evergreen Fab & Machine Inc., Molalla
• First Baptist Church, Gladstone
• First Street Veterinary Hospital, Lake Oswego
• Frank Amato Publications, Milwaukie
• General Sheet Metal Works, Inc., Clackamas County
• Gladstone Library
• Hilton Garden Inn, Lake Oswego 
• Holistic Pet Center, Clackamas County
• Home Builders Association, Lake Oswego 
• Hopp's Upholstery & Shoe Repair, Inc., Oregon City
• JLA Health Stop, Clackamas County
• Kaiser Permanente, Sunnyside Facilities, Clackamas County
• Kellogg Creek Wastewater Treatment Facility, Milwaukie
• Kinko's - Clackamas, Clackamas County
• Klobas - O'Neil Roofing Inc., Clackamas County
• Landis Insurance Agency, Oregon City
• Majestic Eagle Agency, Inc., Clackamas County 
• Mark Gamba Gallery - Milwaukie
• Mary’s Woods, Lake Oswego
• Matrix Networks, Milwaukie
• Mike's Second Hand Store, Estacada
• Milwaukie Ledding Library
• Milwaukie Center
• Minuteman Press, Oregon City
• Mt. Park Home Owners Association, Lake Oswego 
• New Seasons Market, Happy Valley
• North Clackamas County Chamber of Commerce
• Northwest Photo & Digital, Oregon City
• Norwoods Nursery / One Green World, Clackamas County
• OpenSourcery, Milwaukie
• Organically Grown, Clackamas County
• Oregon City Golf Club at Lone Oak
• Oregon HotSpring Spas, Clackamas County
• Oregon Natural Health Clinic, Lake Oswego
• Oregon State Bar, Lake Oswego
• Oregon Sustainable Agriculture Land Trust, Clackamas County
• Oswego Design & Remodeling, Lake Oswego
• Oswego Veterinary Hospital, Lake Oswego
• Otto's Ski & Snow Shoe, Sandy
• Package Containers, Inc., Canby
• Raytec Corporation, Lake Oswego
• Realty Trust Group, Lake Oswego 
• Revtek, Milwaukie
• Rose City Label Manufacturing, Clackamas County 
• Rose Villa, Clackamas County
• Rudie Wilhelm Warehouse Co., Milwaukie
• Safety-Kleen Corp., Clackamas County
• Safeway - Webster Rd., Clackamas County
• Schoolhouse Natural Medicine, Sandy
• Shorenstein Realty Services, Lake Oswego
• Synergy Artistic Salon, Wilsonville
• Jeffrey D. Sessions, DMD, Lake Oswego
• Sunnyside 205 Dermatology-Goodskin, Clackamas County
• Thomas Joseph Personalized Dry Cleaning, Clackamas County
• Ticor Title Insurance Company, West Linn
• Todd’s Import Automotive, Lake Oswego
• USF Reddaway, Clackamas County
• Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging, Clackamas County
• Wertgen and Company, CPA, P.C., Oregon City
• Western Benefits, Inc., Clackamas County
• West Linn Paper Company, West Linn 
• Windermere / Cronin & Caplan, Lake Oswego
• Zeroday Enterprises LLC, Wilsonville

Basic Members

• A Common Thread, Lake Oswego
• Accessories From the Heart, Lake Oswego
• Bartel Contracting, Inc., Gladstone
• Bomber Complex, Restaurant & Catering, Clackamas County
• Century 21 Rickard Realty, Clackamas County
• Chris & John's Auto Body, Inc. Clackamas County
• City of Oregon City - City Hall
• City of Sandy - City Hall
• Clackamas Federal Credit Union, Canby, Milwaukie & Oregon City
• Daitron, Wilsonville
• Enoch Manufacturing Co., Clackamas County
• Graham's Book & Stationery, Canby, Lake Oswego, & , Oregon City
• Grocer's Insurance Group, Inc., Clackamas County
• Homework Remodeling, Milwaukie
• Ilene Waldorf Accounting, Molalla
• Jacolyn C. Fellin, CPA, P.C., Oregon City
• Jordan & Schrader, Attorneys, Lake Oswego
• Kari Mitchell Accounting, P.C., Oregon City
• Lake Oswego Library
• Marquam Hill Vineyards, Clackamas County
• Milstead & Associates, Inc., Clackamas County
• Norris, Beggs, & Simpson, Lake Oswego
• Oak Grove Day Care & Preschool, Inc., Clackamas County
• Oblack Body & Glass, Molalla
• OECO Corporation, Milwaukie
• Oregon Book Company, Oregon City
• Oregon City Chamber of Commerce
• Oregon Independent Federal Credit Union, Oregon City
• Otak, Inc., Lake Oswego
• Overland Gallery, Sandy
• PCC Structurals - SSBO, Clackamas County 
• Rag Man Inc., Clackamas County
• Roger Hennagin, Esq., Lake Oswego
• Safeway Milk Plant, Clackamas County
• Sisul Engineering, Gladstone
• Stephen W. Page, DMD, Milwaukie
• Sunnyside Foursquare Church, Clackamas County
• Ticor Title Insurance Company, Lake Oswego
• Western Broadcasting Co., Clackamas County
• Westlake Properties, West Linn
• Wickes Furniture, Clackamas County
• Willamette Falls Immediate Care, Clackamas County
• Willamette Mortgage Services Inc., Gladstone
• Xerox, Wilsonville
• Get the recognition you deserve— Your Name Could Be Here!

Clackamas County Recycling Partnership offers businesses within the County and its Cities free on-site assistance with their waste reduction programs. Call 503-353-4465.

BRAG Members Tips

Canby Area Chamber of Commerce mails membership packets using the folder as the envelope. Taping the folder together and adding an address label saves them $280 per year on envelopes and postage.

Willamette Falls Immediate Care eliminated unused Page 3 & Page 4 of a four-part form. Savings: 24,000 sheets of paper per year.

Oswego Design & Remodeling encourages clients to consider building materials made with recycled content and/or from renewable resources.

Enoch Manufacturing Co has designed their manufacturing processes so that oil is re-used many times before it is recycled.

Bomber Complex, Restaurant & Catering uses reusable dishware, cloth napkins, and tablecloths for catering jobs.

Oregon Independent Federal Credit Union is in the process of changing from printed reports to reports on computer disks. Changing just one large report saves them 500 sheets of paper per month. Savings: $85/yr for this report.

Willamette Mortgage Services, Inc. provides reusuable travel mugs to all their customers and employees. They use the Internet for rate and title information, which eliminates the use of many fax copies for information that can change daily.

Rag Man, Inc. salvages worn towels and coveralls from commercial laundries to make rags for car detailing and other uses.

Prestigious Homes & Remodeling, Inc. a remodeling contractor orders supplies without packaging if possible. Doors, windows and decking removed from remodeling jobs are reused if in good condition.

Commercial Vehicle Systems, Inc. requested a main supplier to use returnable plastic bins when shipping parts, and they return cardboard boxes to suppliers for refilling.

Columbia Rubber Mills requests suppliers to take back drums and pallets for reuse.

Desktop Solutions and OSALT, two businesses that share the same office, make it a practice to consider all purchases carefully and don't buy anything that they don't need.

Evergreen Fab & Machine Inc. reuses their cardboard boxes to ship out parts they make for Christmas tree harvesting equipment.

Advanced Supplements orders in large size containers and buys foods in bulk so that customers can bring their own containers to fill.

Clackamas Federal Credit Union switched some printed reports to ones accessible on computer, reducing copying and paper usage.

Northwest Photo & Digital uses digital imaging for some reprints and enlargements, saving chemicals and photography paper. Replacing a three-part NCR sales form with a simple cash register receipt and computer records saves the store about 44,000 sheets of paper and $600 per year, not to mention storage and filing space.

OECO Corporation used to duplicate and distribute manual updates to each department. They now save about $2100 per year by updating them on computer and keeping only one master copy.

Kaiser Permanente, Sunnyside replaced mowing equipment with mulching mowers, eliminating disposal of grass clippings and reducing the use of fertilizer by one third.

Clackamas County Board of Commissioners and County Counsel share magazine and newspaper subscriptions and use E-mail to communicate with each other and other county departments.

Clackamas County Records Management Dept. returns spools and plastic boxes to the photo lab for reuse. When files are pulled for destruction, binders are returned to departments to be reused.

Clackamas County Dept. of Transportation and Development lengthened the time between oil and filter changes in County vehicles, saving purchasing and disposal costs, while having no adverse effect on the life of the vehicles. Chemical samples are not accepted from salespersons unless staff has researched the material, and it is needed for department operations.

Blue Sky Filters, Inc. cleans commercial filter bags for reuse, saving customers the cost of new filters.