#Mainers - Unfortunately, the deadline for purchasing this year has passed. But bug your municipality about buying in bulk for next year! [Similar programs exist in other states... I'll take a look-see after posting this.]

Maine Resource Recovery Association -
#Recycling and Solid Waste Management

2025 Spring Backyard #Composting Supply Sale

It's that time of year again! Put in your bulk order today!

Backyard Composting Supplies

- Kitchen Pail
Collect food scraps for easy transfer to your compost bin.

- Lobster Trap Composter
Available in both a 3 and 4 foot size. Ideal for grass clippings, leaves, garden and food scraps. Comes with rings to assemble. Hog ring pliers are also available to order. MADE IN MAINE.

- REOTEMP Thermometer
Designed with a 20 inch stem this device is perfect for monitoring the interior temperature of your compost.

- #EarthMachine [I own two of these...]
80 gallon composting bin that converts, grass, leaves, and table scraps into an abundant supply of rich garden soil.

- Wingdigger
Use this handy tool to turn your compost. [I use a garden fork for that]

- #RainBarrell
55 gallon capacity, collects rain water for your garden.

- Backyard #Compost Guide

#Recycling Containers and Carts
roll offs

- Recycling Carts
Easy handling curbside cart comes in 35, 64, 96 gallon sizes. Carts have excellent balance and stability. They are available in various colors.

- Recycling Bin
18 gallon curbside recycler for paper, cans, glass, plastics, etc. Holds up to 80 pounds, and allows for drainage of any liquids.

Contact us to order."

https://mrra.net/home/products/

#SolarpunkSunday #Composting
#ReducingWaste #Landfills
#Maine #Recycling #MRRA #BackyardComposting #FoodWaste #FoodWasteComposting #RainwaterCollection

So, I caught a glimpse of #EcoMaine's new recycling facility, which has been completed. The new imaging technology will help separate recyclables even faster and more efficiently! Pretty cool stuff!

#Ecomaine plans $25 million #recycling center upgrade

#MainePublic | By Peter McGuire
Published September 9, 2024

"One of Maine’s largest recyclers is planning a multi-million dollar upgrade of its Portland plant in anticipation of handling more cardboard and other household waste.

"Ecomaine, a #CommunityOwned corporation, plans to spend up to $25.2 million on state-of-the-art sorting equipment at a new recycling plant near its Portland headquarters.

"CEO Kevin Roche said the new automated sorting machines use #ImagingTechnology to separate mixed recycling such as paper, cardboard, plastic, glass and aluminum.

"The equipment will replace the company's current machines, installed around 2006.

"Back then, newsprint made up most of the recycling ecomaine handled, according to Roche. With a boom in online shopping and home delivery, however, cardboard has become the top material it handles.

" 'Paper packing has really taken over the recycling bin, so we need a new design and plus the new system is nearly 20 years old,' Roche said.

"The market for recyclables has rebounded from a slump after China stopped accepting most U.S. solid waste about seven years ago.

"American companies retrofitted mills to process used cardboard into more packaging material, boosting domestic demand, Roche said.

"But local policy is also likely to increase the amount of material ecomaine handles, he added.

"Maine regulators are finalizing requirements that producers pay for the cost of disposing #packaging waste. The extended producer responsibility program would reimburse towns and cities for their recycling programs.

"With that policy in place, Roche said that more communities will likely expand programs or revive abandoned recycling rather than 'leave money on the table.'

" 'So that in concert with public outcry for more recycling and more recovery, those two things are going to go hand in hand and I think, expand recycling programs,' Roche said.

"The company hopes its expansion will allow it to add more member communities that own and send waste to the Portland facility.

"Ecomaine plans to borrow $35.5 million through a bond issue for the recycling upgrade and a landfill expansion. Adding more landfill space will give the company seven more years to store ash from its waste-to-energy [#WTE] plant, according to the company.

"The public corporation is owned by a collection of towns and cities in southern Maine. It serves about 73 communities statewide."

Source:
https://www.mainepublic.org/climate/2024-09-09/ecomaine-plans-25-million-recycling-center-upgrade

#SolarPunkSunday #Recycle #TrashToEnergy #FoodWasteComposting #GarbageToGarden #Maine