KVCOG is sponsoring a regional Household Hazardous Waste Collection (HHHW) and a FREE Medication Take Back Collection on Saturday May 17 from 9 to noon. Ten communities are participating. HHW is also free for most communities that are participating. This is an excellent way to get rid of old chemicals in your home and any medications that you are no longer using. Preregistration is required - contact the town or city where you live.
Household Hazardous Waste Drop Off Day Brochure
Medication Collection Poster
Additional HHW collections around the state
Check out the new interactive ‘Maine Recycles’ website and TV ads!
You can post your own recycling pictures, take a survey and find out just how trashy you are, and learn about where your recyclables go and what they become. See it all at www.MaineRecycles.com
Click Here to check out our TV ads
Waste-to-Energy Facility ‘Talk’ Report
Now available! Waste-to-Energy Facility ‘talk’ report that provides an overview of the operations of the four waste-to-energy facilities in Maine for 2006, as well as specific information and historical data on each facility. Waste-To-Energy Facility ‘Talk’ Report 2006 (PDF 98KB)
Maine Recycles Film and Radio Competition
Thank you to all students who submitted entries to the Maine Recycles PSA Competition. We received a total of 81 entries from 25 high schools and two colleges. Seventy-eight of the entries were videos. Our judges report that entries run the gamut from serious and factual to hysterical and absurd, proving that Maine students are a highly creative group. Check back soon, we'll be posting videos online.
Maine Joins State Electronics Challenge
Maine is one of the first northeastern states to joined the Northeast State Electronics Challenge, a voluntary program that encourages state, regional, and local governments, including schools, colleges, universities, and other public entities, to face the new challenges posed by the electronics waste stream. The SEC is committed to helping states:
- Purchase greener computers.
- Reduce the impacts of computers during use.
- Manage obsolete computer products in an environmentally safe way.
To learn more about the SEC, visit the web site: (www.stateelectronicschallenge.net)
For more information about Maine’s participation, contact Jetta Antonakos at 287-9074 or jetta.antonakos@maine.gov
Compact Fluorescent Recycling Program
Efficiency Maine, a program through the Maine Public Utilities Commission, just launched a statewide CFL bulb recycling program. You can now bring your used (unbroken) CFL bulbs to any participating store for free recycling. Note: CFL bulbs must be recycled and cannot be disposed of in the trash because they contain small amounts of mercury. Or you can contact your local transfer station or municipal office to see if they accept these bulbs for recycling. An Excel spreadsheet (sheet 3) that lists the public facilities is available on the Department of Environmental Protection's website.
Signs
are Now Available to Communities
As a way to educate the public the State
Planning Office has signs available at no cost for Maine
transfer stations and disposal
facilities. Each aluminum sign is 24"x30" and
lists common items that are banned from disposal in Maine.
Signs will not be mailed out but can be picked up at
our Augusta office by contacting
us to arrange pick-up.
