Homeowner Information

• Contact Information
• Home Heating Oil Tanks and Piping
• Homeowner Planning to Renovate
• Household Hazardous Waste
• Household Recycling
• Is Your Home a Health Hazard
• Other Related Links

Contact Information

Questions regarding homeowner information, please contact David McCaskill @ (207) 287-7056 or (207) 287-2651.
- The Waste Management and Recycling Program, of the Maine State Planning Office has a two fold mission: to assist municipalities in their efforts to improve recycling and composting performance, and to ensure sufficient, environmentaly secure cost effective disposal capacity of Maine's municipal solid waste. Click here to go to the Maine State Planning Office recycling Program site.

Other Related Links

Air Bureau's (DEP) general public page

Carbon Free Homes (Off Site)

Drinking Water Program (Off Site)

Environmental and Occupational Health Programs (Off Site)

Efficiency Maine (Off Site)

Efficiency Maine Home Tips (Off Site)

FAME (Off Site)

Global Warming Maine (Off Site)

Green Seal - More information for health-minded consumers is now available with new standards for certification of household cleaners from Green Seal (www.greenseal.org), an independent non-profit organization that tests and labels environmentally responsible products! (Off Site)

Household Products Database (Off Site)

Maine State Housing Authority (Off Site)

Oil and Solid Fuel Board Rules (Off Site)

Public Water Sources (Off Site)

Private Well Information for Homeowners (Off Site)

Sunrise Guide (Off Site)

Tox Town (Off Site)

Water Testing (includes Water Testing Guide) (Off Site)

DEP Homeowner Related Links

• Asbestos
• E-Waste Law -Requires manufacturers, consumers and goverment to share responsibility for the recycling of computer monitors and televisions generated as wastes by households in Maine.
• Ethanol - Information for the consumer on ethanol and E10 gasoline
• Fluorescent Bulb Information - Includes the Maine Compact Fluorescent Lamp Study and New Cleanup Guidelines.
• Information for Landlords and Property Managers
• Lead
• Mercury
• Mold
• MTBE
• Universal Waste

Featured Links

• Towns Organizing Household Hazardous Waste Collection Days
• Disposal of Home Construction Demolition Debris
• Dry Cleaners and Laundries That Offer Dry Cleaning Alternatives

Publications

June 2008 - Fact Sheet- Double Walled Home Heating Oil Tanks (pdf format) - New Siting Law regarding aboveground home heating oil tanks.

August 2009 - Explanation of petroleum contaminated drinking water laboratory results for homeowners - (MS Word format) (pdf format)

Got Gas ? Check out the new containers - Spill Proof Gas Cans

In Our Back Yard

Is Your Tank in Shape?

Safer Chemicals in Consumer Products and Services

Safe Homes

Universal Waste Brochure - What your business, governmental agency or organization needs to know about

You Can Make Your Home Lead Safe

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