Media spotlight greenhouse plastic recycling initiative
WABI (Channel 5), the Sun Journal, The Piscataquis Observer and Centralmaine.com highlighted a University of Maine Cooperative Extension effort to recycle low-density polyethylene plastic (LDPE #4) typically used in greenhouses, hoop houses and other agricultural structures. More information about the program, which is funded by a Maine Department of Environmental Protection waste diversion grant, is online.