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- Opponents of Rockland bag fees surpass target to force repeal vote (8/4/14)
ROCKLAND — Opponents to a mandatory pay-per-bag trash disposal law collected far more signatures than needed in fewer than two weeks to ask residents at referendum in November to repeal the ordinance approved in City Council.
- Trashanol: Vendor pitches garbage-to-energy technology to board representing 187 Maine towns (7/23/14)
ORONO — While the Department of Environmental Protection considers an application from the Municipal Review Committee to open an integrated solid waste and recycling facility with a landfill in Penobscot County, the MRC board heard a presentation Wednesday from technology vendor Fiberight.
- Trash backlash: Mandated containers in Cranston an election issue / Video (7/2/14)
CRANSTON — Every residence gets two 65-gallon durable wheeled plastic containers in the city’s new “automatic trash collection” system. Each has a serial number and is only intended to be a loaner to a particular residence.
- CT waste future leaves trash-to-energy in dust (6/2/14)
The state legislature has rung the death knell for trash-to-energy in Connecticut.
- Waterville residents scrutinize pay-as-you-throw trash plan (5/6/14)
WATERVILLE — Residents Tuesday night peppered city councilors and trash officials with questions about a proposed pay-as-you-throw and recycling program.
- N.H. Composters Say Rule Change Could Stir Growth In Business (7/28/14)
Compost has long been the domain of farmers and gardeners, not city-folk, but with both Vermont and Massachusetts pushing ahead with bans on throwing away food waste, curb-side pickup of compost is set to become more commonplace.
- Food waste recycling remains a tough task in Connecticut (7/9/14)
Bridgewater -- With a shout of “BLT!” as lunchtime peaks at the historic Bridgewater Village Store, chef Damian Krieg is doing pretty much the same thing he’s done for more than seven years – cranking out sandwiches, dishing up fresh soups and serving a changing array of specials.
- Hartford battery convention yields recycling bill (6/16/14)
Key battery industry leaders' talk in Hartford on Thursday marked the first occasion when diverse interest groups converged and revealed an all battery recycling bill.
- Waste, recycling overhaul approved (5/7/14)
The state House of Representatives voted unanimously Tuesday to approve a law that will overhaul the struggling Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority.
- Maine Department of Environmental Protection Announces Food Scrap Recovery Program and Trainings (5/2/14)
The Sustainability Division at the Maine Department of Environmental Protection is offering free workshops to encourage the recovery of food scraps and the beneficial reuse of those materials either through composting, anaerobic digestion or other applications. 40 percent of Maine's municipal solid waste is organics and could be diverted from a landfill and beneficially reused.