The fourth round of the recycling outreach program has begun in Scarborough. Because the program in the spring had “considerable success,” the town wrote in Facebook post, the partnership with ecomaine will continue. Ecomaine interns, focusing on a portion of Thursday’s trash pickup route, will check recycling bins for recyclable and nonrecyclable items. Bins will […]
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Ecomaine accepting designs for Recycling is a Work of Art contest
Ecomaine is accepting until 5 p.m. Aug. 23 designs for its Recycling is a Work of Art painting contest. The contest is an opportunity for students, community groups and artists to submit their proposals to paint one of ecomaine’s 22-foot recycling containers with messages of reduction, reuse, recycling and sustainability. Up to six designs will […]
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Maine Voices: Landmark new Maine law more fairly allocates products’ real costs
Gov. Mills should sign L.D. 1541, so towns and cities won’t have to keep picking up the tab for product disposal and recycling.
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Maine lawmakers approve landmark recycling reform bill
If signed by Gov. Janet Mills, the bill would make private companies partly responsible for the cost of disposing of packaging waste and improving the state’s recycling system.
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Maine tries to shift the cost of recycling onto companies instead of taxpayers
With mountains of boxes and bubble wrap from online pandemic shopping now going in the trash, Maine is trying to enact what is known as an extended producer responsibility program.
Posted inAmerican Journal, Forecaster Opinion, Lakes Region Weekly
Forum: Urge your legislators to support recycling reform in Maine
It’s time to make recycling work for taxpayers, not corporations. Did you know that nearly 40% of our waste stream is made up of disposable packaging materials? These items are designed to be used for a short time and then discarded. Did you know that many Maine towns have had to shutter their recycling facilities […]
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Maine business groups say prices would rise under recycling bill
They point to a research paper that suggests consumer prices would increase, but critics say the report’s findings aren’t credible.
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Maine bill to require companies to pay for packaging disposal clears committee
Companies could reduce their liability by creating independent recycling programs or reducing the amount of packaging on the products they sell.
Posted inAmerican Journal, Forecaster Opinion, Lakes Region Weekly
Forum: Future of recycling construction debris in Maine grim, needs closer look
With the introduction of LD 1639, “An Act To Protect the Health and Welfare of Maine Communities and Reduce Harmful Solid Waste,” the future of construction and demolition debris (CDD) recycling in Maine has been brought to the forefront, and that future is grim. To focus just on “out-of-state” CDD waste, as LD 1639 does, […]
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Maine lawmakers to consider competing recycling reform bills
Two bills have been submitted to create a program to improve recycling and refund municipalities, but the sides are far apart on how those goals should be achieved.