SEMINAR – Banning the Bag: Local Government Opportunities in Sustainable Materials
107 Norman Smith Hall Mitchell Center - UMaine, Orono
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Hudson Museum Exhibit – Resourceful ME: Exploring the Value of Maine’s Reuse Economies
Cindy Isenhour doesn’t subscribe to the adage “out with the old, in with the new.” The planet can’t sustain it, says the assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Maine. Consider, she says, that each American annually throws away 1,400 pounds of stuff and that 11,000 gallons of water are used to produce one […]
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September 19, 2016 -SEMINAR – Banning the Bag: Local Government Opportunities in Sustainable Materials
SEMINAR – Banning the Bag: Local Government Opportunities in Sustainable Materials
Speaker: Travis P. Wagner, University of Southern Maine A key goal of sustainable materials management is to maximize the use and reuse of materials more productively over their entire lifecycles and in part by minimizing disposal. However, given that the North American model of relying primarily on local governments for managing municipal solid waste (MSW), […]
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