Launched in Spring 2008, the Jackson County Master Recycling program was modeled after existing Master Recycler programs in Portland and Eugene. In its first year, the program was sponsored by Jackson County with grant funding from Oregon Department of Environmental Quality. The program is now administered by Jackson County Recycling Partnership.

Master Recyclers are waste prevention ambassadors who work within their communities to cultivate public awareness by supporting a wide variety of projects and programs across Jackson County. They share their knowledge and motivate others to make resource conservation a way of life.

Each year,  a 6-week training course teaches residents and business and government representatives on topics of recycling, waste prevention, composting, local solid waste infrastructure, e-waste, hazardous waste and much more. The course includes an extensive training manual, presentations from regional experts.

Weekly classes will take place on Tuesday evenings in the Rogue Disposal corporate office at One West Main Street in downtown Medford. There will be one Saturday field trip to a local transfer station, state-of-the-art landfill and waste water treatment plant.