Date
2-28-1975
Series
Vital Partners: University and City
Length
1 hour 14 minutes
Notes
Richard Duncan, a professor of systems science at Portland State University, was interested in a systems approach to waste management. In 1975 Duncan proposed the ORE plan, a method for assessing the costs and outcomes of waste collection and separation models. This lecture gives examples of different approaches to solid waste management including the ORE plan, which includes recycling.
Transferred and preserved by Portland State University Library’s Special Collections with the generous support of the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Library Services and Technology Act, administered by the Oregon State Library.
Subjects
Recycling (Waste, etc.), Systems theory
Original Format
Reel to reel, 3.75 ips, 2 track, mono
Rights
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Persistent Identifier
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/11374
Recommended Citation
Duncan, Richard, ""The ORE Plan: a practical application of the systems approach to solid waste management in Oregon"" (1975). Special Collections: Oregon Public Speakers. 124.
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/11374
Description
Transcript added October 13, 2020.
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