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Posted inBusiness, Maine, News, Politics
Two sides clash on bill to make producers pay for disposal of packaging
Supporters tell lawmakers that making producers pay to dispose of packaging waste would improve recycling programs and help taxpayers. Businesses and national trade groups say it would be expensive, disruptive and hard to follow.
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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Proposed $23 million ‘pack tax’ won’t solve Maine’s recycling problems
Requiring businesses to compensate municipalities for the cost of recycling packaging simply shifts costs.
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, Southern Forecaster
With ‘significant success’ area communities plan to continue recycling outreach
An eight-week pilot program led to a reduction in recycling load contamination rates, along with cost savings.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Summer monitoring program improves Portland-area recycling quality
Residents in 4 communities showed improvement in removing contamination from recyclables – and saving their municipalities money – when interns from ecomaine graded their curbside recycling bins.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Maine Legislature right to take on packaging waste
Cardboard boxes, plastic jugs and things like them are filling the waste stream, and their disposal costs Maine taxpayers millions each year.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News, Times Record
Bill pending in Maine to make producers pay for disposal of packaging
Maine is drafting a first-in-the-nation law to shift the cost of disposing of packaging materials from consumers to private companies.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Make it easier for Maine shoppers to avoid single-use plastic
L.D. 1933 aims to make refilling your own containers more widely accepted at grocery stores.
Posted inThe Forecaster
Scarborough tree pick up starts Jan. 6
SCARBOROUGH — The Public Works Department will be picking up Christmas trees throughout the month of January, beginning Jan. 6. Trees should be placed curbside on the same day as trash pick up. Trees can also be dropped off the Public Works facility at 20 Washington Ave. and placed next to the winter-sand-for-the-public area. For […]
Posted inThe Forecaster
Students invited to compete in ‘upcycling’ contest to win money for school
PORTLAND —Ecomaine will commemorate Maine’s bicentennial in 2020 a contest for students to compete for a $2,020 prize for their school’s green team or Project Graduation. Ecomaine’s Outreach & Recycling Board Committee Chairman Caleb Hemphill said he hopes the “upcycling” contest forces students to “think about waste in a new light – as a resource.” Students […]