The Kennebunk Post and Portsmouth Herald highlighted Food Rescue Maine, a program from the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine, in a story about the organization We Compost It! canceling its curbside pickup service. According to the articles, a resident recommended that the Town Council explore Food Rescue […]
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The Bangor Daily News, Centralmaine.com and the Sun Journal reported that the Central Maine towns of Readfield, Fayette and Wayne have partnered with the University of Maine’s George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions and the Maine Department of Environmental Protection to launch a municipal food recycling program. The program, which is part of the Food Rescue […]
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The Bangor Daily News shared a University of Maine news release highlighting two new municipal food recycling initiatives launched in partnership with the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions’ Food Rescue MAINE campaign. Waterville and a coalition of Readfield, Fayette and Wayne will begin accepting food waste from residents at designated drop off […]
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The Penobscot Bay Pilot and The Irregular shared a news release about the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine launching Food Rescue MAINE, a statewide education and action campaign intended to increase food rescue and recycling and reduce the amount of food waste disposed of in Maine landfills. The project slogan […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported on the April 9 Maine Food Waste Solutions Summit hosted by the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine. The Mitchell Center is launching a statewide education campaign aimed at reducing food waste and encouraging food rescue, recycling and donation.
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WABI (Channel 5) reported on a collaborative food waste reduction project sponsored by the University of Maine’s Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions. Culinary students at Kennebec Valley Community College were tasked with developing value-added products using rescued food diverted from the waste stream.
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