Skip Maine state header navigation

Agencies | Online Services | Help

Skip First Level Navigation | Skip All Navigation

Waste Management
& Recycling Program
Home > Programs > Waste Management & Recycling > Publications
Waste Management and Recycling Program logo

Waste Management & Recycling Program

Publications

Please Contact Us for older publications and reports not available below

Planning Documents

  • Waste-To-Energy Facility ‘Talk’ Report 2006 (PDF 98KB)

  • Executive Summary, 2005 Disposal Capacity Report, March 2007 (PDF 154 KB)

  • 2005 Disposal Capacity Report, March 2007 (PDF 726 KB)

  • Final Report from the Task Force Reviewing Solid Waste Management Policies, April 2005 (PDF 706 KB)

  • Land Applying Biosolids in Maine: This white paper, recently completed by the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Environmental and Watershed Research, offers a review of the research on the environmental benefits and liabilities of using biosolids for agronomic benefit.

  • 2003 Waste Generation And Disposal Capacity Report (PDF 116KB)
    Please Contact Us for Waste Genereation and Disposal Capacity reports from previous years

  • 1998 Maine Waste Management and Recycling Plan

  • Report of the Task Force on Solid Waste Landfills 2/96

Statistical Information

  • UPDATED! Municipal Recycling Programs in Maine - June 2006 - An alphabetical listing of recycling programs including contact information, materials recycled, disposal facilities, and volume to wieght conversions. (PDF 215k)

  • Waste Management Services Directory - Updated December 2004 - This searchable database of recycling-related businesses serving Maine municipalities is available online or in hard copy format.

  • Municipal Data

Solid Waste Cost Studies

  • Solid Waste Program Costs: A Study of Selected Maine Communities (PDF 148 KB)
    This report examines recycling and rubbish costs for 22 Maine communities.

  • Public Recycling Program Costs and Efficiencies (PDF 115KB)
    This study, prepared by the Northeast Recycling Council, examines recycling costs and benefits for selected programs throughout the U.S.

  • Household Hazardous Waste Cost Study (PDF 86KB)

Pay-As-You-Throw

Newsletter

Fact Sheets, Brochures, & other Publications

  • Buy Recycled and Close the Loop (PDF 28)

  • Holiday Reduction & Recycling Tips (PDF 26KB)

  • Household Hazardous Waste (PDF 36KB)

  • Office Paper Recycling (PDF 16KB)

  • Organic Waste Collection & Composting (PDF 23KB)

  • Planning A Municipal Recycling Program (PDF 16KB)

  • Planning & Developing Your Recycling Education Program (PDF 17KB)

  • Recycling Programs in Schools (PDF 26KB)

  • Reduction & Recycling Tips for Effective Direct Mail (PDF 23)

  • Surveying Your Residents (including sample survey) (PDF 14KB)

  • Waste Reduction Options for Business & Industry (PDF 27KB)

  • Waste Reduction Tips for Consumers (PDF 27KB)

  • What are 'Avoided Disposal Costs'? (PDF 17KB)

  • What Happens to our Recyclables (PDF 46KB)

  • What's in our waste stream (PDF 20KB)

  • Why Recycle? (PDF 16KB)