You’ve mastered paper, glass and plastic. But on this Earth Day, you’re wondering where to best ditch those old Christmas lights, antiquated cellphones, half-used paint cans, alkaline batteries and microwave. Surely not the trash. We’ve got answers. It’s Earth Day and you’re cleaning out Grandma’s garage, because you’re a jewel like that, and you come across […]
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Otisfield voting on compactor for recyclables
OTISFIELD — The Board of Selectmen has scheduled a special town meeting for 7 p.m. March 22 for voters to decide whether to purchase a recycling compactor for the Transfer Station. The meeting will be held at the Otisfield Community Hall on Route 121. Administrative Assistant Anne Pastore said the town is looking at no […]
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Otisfield's message sign draws positive comments
OTISFIELD — Town Administrative Assistant Anne Pastore said told selectmen at their meeting Wednesday night that there has been “a lot of positive feedback” about the new electric sign outside the Town Office. Pastore said she got a call from the local snowmobile club asking to put a message on the sign. Selectman Rick Micklon […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, River Valley
Recycling advocates push for environmental, cost savings
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 […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, River Valley
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 […]
Posted inBethel, Lewiston-Auburn, Oxford Hills
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 […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
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 […]