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Our View: Maine Legislature right to take on packaging waste

by The Editorial Board January 24, 2020January 23, 2020

Cardboard boxes, plastic jugs and things like them are filling the waste stream, and their disposal costs Maine taxpayers millions each year.

Business, Local & State, News, Times Record

Bill pending in Maine to make producers pay for disposal of packaging

by Peter McGuire January 22, 2020January 23, 2020

Maine is drafting a first-in-the-nation law to shift the cost of disposing of packaging materials from consumers to private companies.

Op-eds, Opinion

Commentary: Make it easier for Maine shoppers to avoid single-use plastic

by Laura Marston Special to the Press Herald January 17, 2020January 16, 2020

L.D. 1933 aims to make refilling your own containers more widely accepted at grocery stores.

The Forecaster

Scarborough tree pick up starts Jan. 6

January 2, 2020

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 […]

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Students invited to compete in ‘upcycling’ contest to win money for school

December 24, 2019December 20, 2019

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 […]

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Scarborough recycling center announces winter hours

December 11, 2019

SCARBOROUGH — The Community Recycling Center, located at 8 Runway Road, will transition to its winter schedule beginning Tuesday, Dec. 17. Winter hours are Tuesday-Saturday, 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Contact pwinfo@scarboroughmaine.org or call 730-4400 for more information.