2008 Municipal Solid Waste Reporting Forms
2009 Household Hazardous Waste Collection Event Schedule
Please contact your Town Office for further details. Note: highlighted events have not been confirmed. See Household Hazardous Waste Collection Event Schedule (17KB)
Grants Awarded to Help Promote Recycling and Composting
This fall SPO awarded thirty-one (31) Maine Recycles Toolkit Assistance Grants. Municipalities and regional programs that needed help encouraging their residents to reduce waste by recycling and/or composting were encouraged to apply. For more information, contact Sam Morris at sam.morris@maine.gov or (207) 287-8054.
Maine Recycles Campaign – Recycling Works!
Next time you are enjoying yourself at a favorite restaurant or bar, take a peek underneath your glass. You may find a colorful coaster encouraging you to recycle! Thanks to a partnership of the Maine Beer and Wine Wholesalers Association, the Maine State Planning Office, and the Maine Recycles Campaign, recycling “coasters and posters” are appearing in local restaurants and bars. It’s another way to remind us that “Recycling works!” The coasters explain that “Every day we use things made from recycled materials.” And one quick example is the coaster itself - - like its matching poster, it’s made from recycled paper and can be reused, and recycled when no longer useful.
Mainers do a good job of recycling, averaging a state recycling rate of 35%, but we need to do better to reach the state’s 50% recycling goal. Perhaps with friendly coasters and posters and special help from the MBWWA, it will be easier to remember that recycling works, and is one of the simplest ways you can reduce your carbon footprint and help our environment.
Safe Option for Disposal of Unused and Expired Medicine
The Safe Medicine Disposal for ME program provides Maine's residents with a safe disposal option for unused and unwanted medicine. Free medicine mail back envelopes are available at participating sites. This program is funded through a grant from the United States Environmental Protection Agency's Aging Initiative. For information please visit: http://www.safemeddisposal.com/ .
Safe Medicine Disposal for ME Program
The Maine Resource Recovery Association is again offering compost bins, kitchen collection ‘pails’, hand compost turners and rain barrels for sale, in bulk quantities, at reduced prices. For more information on participating in this opportunity, visit http://www.mrra.net
2007 Solid Waste Generation and Disposal Capacity Report
This annual report provides details and perspectives on the volume and types of municipal solid waste that were generated in Maine during 2007 and how those wastes were managed. 2007 Report. Contact George MacDonald at 287-5759 or george.macdonald@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.
