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Waste Management & Recycling Program

Publications

Please Contact Us for older publications and reports not available below

Planning Documents

  • 2007 Solid Waste Generation and Disposal Capacity Report (PDF 287KB)

  • Waste Management and Recycling Plan, January 2009 (PDF 366KB)

  • Proposal to Consolidate Maine’s Solid Waste Management Program, January 2009 (PDF 203KB)

  • Recycling in Maine Municipalities: What Makes it Tick? This report explores both demographic factors and various municipal recycling policies, to first identify what successful recycling programs tend to have in common, and then provides general recommendations for methods of increasing recycling rates in Maine towns. This report was completed in 2008 by the program's summer intern. (PDF 225KB)

  • The Costs and Benefits of State and Local Options to Stimulate an Increase in the Recycling of Plastics (PDF 88KB) and it's Appendices (PDF 10MB).

  • 2006 Waste Generation and Disposal Capacity Report (PDF 280KB)

  • 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 2006 (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 Generation 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 weight 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 26KB)

  • 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)