Channel 7 (WVII) reported on a UMaine School of Economics research project that examines the contents of trash in Maine being sent to landfills and incinerators that could be reused or recycled at a substantial solid waste cost savings. Students Travis Blackmer and Karl Chandler explained how the university’s new single-sort systems works and how […]
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Prof. George Criner of the UMaine School of Economics and senior economics major Travis Blackmer were interviewed for a WLBZ television story about an extensive project analyzing the content municipal trash in 17 Maine communities. Initial results suggest that 20 percent of the discarded trash could have been recycled, saving those municipalities significant amounts of […]
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Representatives from the UMaine Office of Sustainability and the School of Economics engaged in an analysis of the specific contents of residential garbage that could be diverted through reuse, recycling or composting have scheduled an educational exhibit and display from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., Friday, Nov. 18 in front of the Memorial Union.
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UMaine researchers Rick Wahle and Paul Rawson was included in a Working Waterfront story about the upcoming re-opening of several scallop fishing grounds in Maine. Rawson’s work is in connectivity among different scallop grounds, while Wahle has been conducting a study of whether scallop density on the sea floor affects spawning effectiveness. The article was […]
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Reports about the University of Maine School of Economics’ study of garbage in Maine, and what’s in it that could be reused, recycled or composted, appeared on the Village Soup website. A Maine Public Broadcasting Network report about the research was posted on the Natural Resources Council of Maine’s website. School of Economics Director George […]
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New England Cable News reported on a study directed by UMaine economist George Criner that is looking into what people throw into the garbage and how much can and should be recycled. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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ORONO, Maine – University of Maine geochemist Amanda Olsen is part of a national research team that is starting a database to help scientists understand the speed at which environmental reactions take place.
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The Portland Press Herald ran a story about UMaine economist George Criner’s statewide study of the effectiveness of recycling programs. Criner told the Press Herald there most municipalities in Maine offer recycling programs, but the question is whether people participate. Travis Blackmer, a senior economics major who is helping with the study, said his own […]
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A Lewiston Sun Journal report on winter ticks and Maine’s moose and deer population included a mention of UMaine participation in research into how the ticks may have affected moose. Lee Kantar, the state’s moose and deer biologist, said he has been working the last two winters with UMaine diagnostic lab technicians doing necropsies on […]
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Channel 2 (WLBZ) and Channel 7 (WVII) interviewed UMaine Ph.D. candidates Janice Duy and Amber Bratcher Monday for news reports about the research the students are doing with School of Marine Sciences research professor Laurie Connell on earlier detection of the toxic algae Alexandrium, commonly known as red tide, which can cause paralytic shellfish poisoning. […]
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