MEXICO — Maine appears to be doing better in recycling waste than the national average, but some advocates are still frustrated with the state’s progress. “It’s hard to get people to do it,” said Patty Duguay, chairwoman of the Northern Oxford Regional Solid Waste Board, which serves Roxbury, Byron, Rumford, Mexico, Peru and Dixfield. The […]
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Recycling: Pounds, people, percents
According to the most recent figures from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from 2013, the average American throws away 1,606 pounds of trash per year, or 4.4 pounds per day. That comes out to 254 million tons of trash dumped into landfills each year — an amount that has doubled since 1960. Mainers throw away about […]
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Portland introduces new recycling carts to reduce litter
PORTLAND (AP) — The city of Portland is replacing recycling bins with new covered carts in an effort to reduce litter. The Portland Press Herald reported (http://bit.ly/2uXAOkp ) residents will receive the two-wheeled carts beginning Aug. 7. City Hall Communications Director Jessica Grondin says the 25,000 containers cost about $1 million. City officials say the […]
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Bethel talks trash fees for businesses
BETHEL — Selectmen have begun discussion on the Tri-Town Transfer Station towns possibly charging businesses and condominiums for trash disposal. But the idea drew strong opposition from businessman/condo manager Ron Savage. Becky Seacrest, an environmental planner with the Androscoggin Valley Council of Governments, has been working with the Tri-Town board on ways to save money […]
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No trash pickup in Auburn Tuesday
AUBURN — Trash and recycling scheduled for pickup Tuesday, July 4, (Independence Day) will not be collected. Tuesday trash collections will resume July 11. Recycling pickup scheduled for the first and third Tuesdays will continue July 18. Residents may bring waste and recyclables to Mid Maine Waste Action Corp. on Goldthwaite Road in Auburn from 7 a.m. to 4 […]
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Norway residents approve Rural Village, recycling questions
NORWAY — Residents voted 385-164 on Tuesday to approve amendments to the Site Plan Review Ordinance that will implement the Comprehensive Plan Policy for rural villages. In an email to the Board of Selectmen in December 2016, then-Code Enforcement Officer Joelle Corey-Whitman said the additions to the ordinance would “keep commercial and large-scale home businesses […]
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Otisfield board to hear presentation on recycling options on June 7
OTISFIELD – The Board of Selectmen will meet with Tice Waste Management on Wednesday, June 7, to discuss the town’s future recycling options. The board meeting begins at 7 p.m. at the Town Office. Last month, selectmen learned that after July 1, Oxford County Regional Recycling Corp. will not make pickups in Otisfield. Androscoggin Valley […]
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Norway board: Town can still recycle if Oxford County Recycling dissolves
NORWAY — For the second time in six months, the Board of Selectmen reassured residents at Thursday’s public hearing that if they vote to dissolve the Oxford County Regional Recycling Corp. at the June 13 ballot, they will still be able to recycle. Residents voted against dissolving the corporation in November. Norway Paris Solid Waste […]
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Next up for ‘nips’ bill: a near-certain veto
AUGUSTA — A measure to require a 5-cent deposit on tiny liquor bottles known as nips is heading for a near certain veto from Gov. Paul LePage — and possibly a move by him to ban nips entirely, which could hurt a major bottler based in Lewiston. With the Senate’s unanimous agreement Tuesday , the […]
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Pleasant Lake Dam, recycling options on agenda for Otisfield board meeting
OTISFIELD — The Board of Selectmen will hear an update on the ongoing Pleasant Lake Dam project at its meeting Wednesday, April 5. The meeting begins at 7 p.m. at the Town Office on Route 121. Last year, Otisfield and Casco approved spending $250,000 each to replace the failing dam. A cofferdam — a watertight […]