Waste Dive featured research from the University of Maine about the circular economy may be overlooking environmental justice. The researchers conducted a study where they documented language used in about two dozen circular economy reports from 2018 through 2020 to get a better understanding of how the plans discussed concepts of justice. They also conducted […]
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In an interview with Waste 360, Troy Moon, sustainability director for the city of Portland, cited a waste composition study conducted with the University of Maine that showed 36% of what Portland residents were throwing out by weight was food scraps and other organics. As a result of the study, Portland established a composting program […]
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Susanne Lee, faculty fellow at the Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions, spoke to Popular Science about compost management. Lee says that creating compost as a community can displace the need to purchase manure and fertilizer — or even be sold at a profit. “If you have an end product that has a market value, of […]
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News Center Maine and WVFX (Fox 22/ABC 7) spoke to Mehdi Tajvidi, associate professor of reusable nanomaterials, about his research developing safe and recyclable food containers from nanocellulose in an effort to reduce plastic waste. Tajvidi told WFVX that the containers would be made out of wood or nanocellulose, which has a high crystallinity that […]
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The Portland Press Herald reported that developers of a planned offshore wind energy research array, Pine Tree Offshore Wind, have asked state regulators to approve a 20-year electricity supply contract with terms they say are essential to their investing $1.2 billion in a project that could help launch a new renewable energy industry in Maine. […]
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Maine Public spoke with Habib Dagher, founding executive director of the Advanced Structures and Composites Center at the University of Maine, about the efforts to push the development of offshore wind energy in the Gulf of Maine by leasing areas to offshore wind developers. Officials at the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management outlined their plans […]
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The Bangor Daily News shared information about four Food Scrap Diversion Workshops hosted by the Maine Department of Environmental Protection in collaboration with the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry and the University of Maine Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainable Solutions. The free half-day public workshops, 8:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m., offer a chance […]
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Cindy Isenhour, associate professor of anthropology and climate change and Mitchell Center Faculty Fellow, recently spoke with Waste Dive about her research on reusable takeout containers. In fall 2021, Isenhour worked with graduate student Jared Entwistle to present a few possible models for reusable takeout containers to a group of 35 Maine hospitality, waste and […]
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News Center Maine and WMTW (Channel 8 in Portland) reported on the plans for the first offshore turbine off the Maine coast, which will be designed by the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center. Gov. Janet Mills applied for a lease last October from the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) for 15 […]
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The Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is hosting a series of Food Scrap Diversion Workshops in collaboration with the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry and the University of Maine Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainable Solutions. The free half-day public workshops, 8:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m., offer a chance to learn about the […]
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