Bangor Daily News news story The Girl Scouts of Maine unveiled a new Sustainable Maine Patch Program Tuesday aimed at giving Girl Scout members an incentive to increase awareness of a statewide paint recycling program. With the unveiling of its new Sustainable Maine Patch Program Tuesday, the Girl Scouts of Maine is encouraging its members Read More
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Girl Scouts of Maine Increase Awareness about How to Recycle Paint
WGME-TV news story Watch full news video. AUGUSTA (WGME) – The Girl Scouts of Maine are partnering with the Natural Resources Council to make a difference by cleaning up our communities. The goal is for the scouts to increase awareness about how to safely recycle paint. Participating in the program will earn them a new Read More
Girl Scouts, NRCM Team Up to Promote New Way to Safely Recycle Paint in Maine
Unveil new “Sustainable ME” Girl Scout Patch News Release Today, the Girl Scouts of Maine and the Natural Resources Council of Maine announced and unveiled a new program— the first ever “Sustainable Maine” patch—to be earned by Girl Scouts who take personal actions toward a more sustainable future. This year’s goal is for Girl Scouts Read More
Cutting Down the Volume of Household Trash Begins at the Grocery Store
by Kati Corlew Portland Press Herald news story EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the second in a monthly four-part series about a group of professors at the University of Maine at Augusta undertaking the Zero-Waste Challenge. Can they live without generating any trash for the landfill or incinerator? I’m in the grocery store frowning. A group Read More
More Composting Resources
Maine Guide to Recovering and Composting Organics in Maine: An excellent resource from the Maine Department of Environmental Protection Maine’s Compost School Biocycle: A national composting and organics recycling information hub. UMaine 2011 Waste Characterization Study : Showing that around 43% of our household garbage bags contain organic material (and 27 percent of which is Read More
Municipal Composting Programs
Municipal composting programs for food waste are few and far between in Maine, but there are many around the country and beyond. In Maine, most municipalities provide composting of leaf and yard waste, but few offer food scrap composting. Some towns partner exclusively with one of Maine’s compost collection companies to offer a discount for Read More
Maine Composting Companies
There are fantastic companies in Maine that make composting very easy and affordable. Those listed below offer a subscription-based service with regular pick up of your organic materials. They provide the bins, and some can even supply you with the finished compost! Garbage to Garden: Serving Greater Portland and beyond We Compost It!: Serving Great Read More
Portland Council Panel Endorses Solar Project, Recycling Carts
By David Harry, staff writer The Forecaster news story PORTLAND — By this time next year, recycling could be on a roll in Portland. A plan forwarded by City Manager Jon Jennings and Sustainability Coordinator Troy Moon to purchase carts for storing recyclable materials and three semi-automated trucks to collect the materials was endorsed by a Read More
Controversial Hampden Waste Facility Gets Clearance
The Natural Resources Council says it is ‘dumbfounded’ by the state Department of Environmental Protection’s decision. by Madeline St. Amour, Morning Sentinel Portland Press Herald news story The Department of Environmental Protection has issued the final permits for a first-of-its-kind waste management plant in Hampden that would convert trash from more than 100 central Maine Read More
