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: […]
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Falmouth residents have new textile recycling option
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.
Posted inTimes Record Opinion
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 […]