UMaine Study Cited in WABI Report on Proposed Hampden Waste Handling Facility

UMaine Alert

Posted: April 19, 2024 - 1:32 PM

At approximately 9:24 a.m. on Friday, April 19, a student was struck by a university vehicle on Long Road at the University of Maine campus in Orono.

Emergency services responded promptly to the scene and the student has been transported to a local hospital. The student’s family has been informed.

Counseling services and support are available for students, faculty or staff who may have been affected. The Counseling Center can be reached at 207-581-1392 or you may call the Dean of Students Office at 207-581-1406.

An investigation is underway and more details will be released when they become available. Our thoughts are with the student and their family.

Long Road has been cleared and is now accessible. Any witnesses to the incident are encouraged to contact Lieutenant Noel Santiago at noel.santiago@maine.edu.

March 4, 2015 County, Economic Development, Outreach, Research, UMaine in the News

WABI (Channel 5) reported the executive director of the Municipal Review Committee (MRC), a group representing the trash disposal needs of nearly 190 Maine towns, updated the Hampden Town Council on a proposed solid waste processing facility that will turn trash into biofuel. At the meeting, the MRC told councilors they reached an agreement with Maryland-based company Fiberight to build the facility, according to the report. Committee members also said they were pleased with the findings of a report by students from the University of Maine’s Forest Bioproducts Research Institute (FBRI) led by Hemant Pendse, a UMaine professor who leads the FBRI research team focused on creating and commercializing new bioproducts. The team was tasked with studying Fiberight’s operations to determine if its technology will work in the colder temperatures of Maine.