The vast majority of the plastic that comes off Maine boats every spring goes to landfills or incinerators.
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The Recycle Bin: Tips for recycling or reusing clothing
Despite our recent heavy snow falls, spring brings swelling tree buds, birds singing spring songs, and garlic sprouting in farm fields and gardens. When you get inspired to do your annual spring cleaning, here are some suggestions for what to do with items you no longer need. As much as 8% of all solid waste […]
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Bowdoinham Select Board continues to butt heads with Recycling Barn owner
Board members claim David Berry’s vision for the Recycling Barn is nothing new and won’t save the town money at a tense Tuesday meeting.
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Bowdoinham Recycling Barn owner wants to reopen with a new model
Barn owner David Berry said all repairs to the structure will be completed by June 2023.
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Recycle masks, sneakers, lamps and coats Feb. 25 in Cumberland
Used paper face masks, such as surgical masks and N95 masks, sneakers of all sizes, working lamps and winter coasts will be accepted Feb. 25 at Tuttle Road Community Church’s Recycle Saturday event. The event will be held from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at 52 Tuttle Road in Cumberland. Lamps will be donated to […]
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Panel once again looking for partners to relaunch Hampden waste-to-energy plant
The Municipal Review Committee ended its exclusivity agreement with New York-based Revere Capital Partners to help operate and partially own the Municipal Waste Solutions plant when it did not meet deadlines for submitting an engineering report and other documents.
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Yarmouth opens new facilities at Transfer Station
The transfer station’s new facilities will make recycling easier and more effective.
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The Recycle Bin: Not all trash has to end up in a landfill
Solid waste is expensive for towns to collect, process and dispose. Raw materials, from copper, aluminum and lithium to wood products and plastic, are becoming rarer and more expensive. The densest geologic sources of copper, for example, have already been mined, so extraction is more expensive, since a higher amount of rock must be processed […]
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Pay As You Throw begins in Yarmouth
Pay As You Throw began this week in Yarmouth, requiring residents to buy town-issued trash bags for waste disposal. Town-issued trash bags can be purchased at local retailers for $10 for a package of five 30-gallon bags and $12.50 for a package of 10 15-gallon bags. Pay As You Throw is an effort to offset […]
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Cumberland church seeking recyclables
The Tuttle Road Community Church, 52 Tuttle Road in Cumberland, will host a “recycle Saturday” from from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Jan. 7. The church is asking for used COVID-19 masks made of paper, such as surgical masks N95 masks, and paper dust masks; used sneakers with the exception or funning shoes and cleats: […]