Falmouth has begun offering textile recycling in collaboration with recycling company Apparel Impact. Residents may drop off unwanted textiles, including items that may be stained or unwearable, in the Apparel Impact collection bin at the Transfer Station. Apparel Impact, based in New Hampshire, provides free recycling bins to towns and either donates the items to […]
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Panel optimistic about closing deal for Hampden waste-to-energy plant in early 2023
The Municipal Review Committee, which represents the municipal solid waste interests of 115 Maine communities, remains optimistic it will partner with Revere Capital Partners, a New York-based investment firm, early next year in owning and operating the plant.
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The Recycle Bin: Reduce, reuse, then recycle
Having worked in solid waste in Phippsburg and being a part of the regional waste committee for Bath and Brunswick in the 1990s, I saw overflowing landfills and four operating regional waste incinerators. Let’s admit it. Even thrifty Mainers who are used to making do with what we can produce ourselves, borrowing from neighbors or […]
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Yarmouth joins initiative to keep textiles out of landfills
Clothing and shoe recycling drop boxes are becoming more available in the state.
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Newell Augur: Maine’s bottle redemption deposit is sufficient
A recent article suggested the deposit on bottles be raised from 5 to 10 cents. The author, an Augusta resident, was upset that he had to drive to Gardiner to get his money back. He thinks increasing the deposit will keep more redemption centers open. To be sure, redemption centers don’t get any of the […]
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Today’s topic is Maine’s Climate Plan, Maine Can’t Wait, with its mandate for adapting and mitigating the climate changes that have been happening for many years in Maine. Maine’s Climate Plan was developed from 2018 to 2020 by the Maine Climate Council, a hardworking group of over 40 volunteers representing industry, utilities, farming, forestry, fisheries, […]
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The Recycle Bin: Maine’s Climate Plan and what it means for us
Today’s topic is Maine’s Climate Plan, Maine Can’t Wait, with its mandate for adapting and mitigating the climate changes that have been happening for many years in Maine. Maine’s Climate Plan was developed from 2018 to 2020 by the Maine Climate Council, a hardworking group of over 40 volunteers representing industry, utilities, farming, forestry, fisheries, […]
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The Recycle Bin: Introducing our new columnist
Introducing Nancy Chandler, of the Topsham Recycling Committee and MSAD 75 School Board, the new writer of The Recycle Bin column. A little history and some credentials from Nancy: My husband, Chip Chandler, designed a solar, wood-heated A-frame in Phippsburg in 1980 that functioned to raise our two children with no furnace or fossil fuel […]
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Municipal Review Committee completes purchase of Hampden recycling, waste-to-energy plant
The MRC announced the $1.5 million purchase Wednesday and intends to reopen the plant in nine to 12 months after it establishes a partnership with a financial firm.
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Brunswick advocates: Composting can help both the planet and your wallet
A new food-waste drop-off site at the Brunswick Recreation Center is just part of a three-pronged effort to promote composting, which experts say could help the environment and the town’s bottom line.