Media publish release about plastic recycle program
The Republican Journal, Penobscot Bay Pilot, The Penobscot Times, Morning Ag Clips, The County and Fiddlehead Focus ran a media release that announced University of Maine Cooperative Extension was awarded $38,764 as a one-year Maine Department of Environmental Protection Waste Diversion Grant to develop a statewide pilot program to recycle agricultural greenhouse plastic. The goal is to collect at least a third of Maine’s annual waste greenhouse plastic, and partner with an end-user that can convert the collected plastic into resin feedstock used in the manufacture of new plastic products, according to the release. Collection of waste plastic will run from May through September 2020. Participation is free and open to all growers who register. USA Today noted the program in its roundup of news from the 50 states. The Alva Review Courier in Oklahoma ran the Associated Press story. Plastics Recycling Update, a publication of Resource Recycling, Inc., also reported on the program.