Hemant Pendse, director of the University of Maine’s Forest Bioproducts Research Institute, spoke with WVII (Channel 7) for reports in its “Trash to Treasure” series. In a story on worldwide recycling changes, Pendse spoke about the benefits of recycling through Fiberight’s Coastal Resources of Maine facility in Hampden, which is counting on food waste to […]
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Hemant Pendse, director of UMaine’s Forest Bioproducts Research Institute, spoke with WABI (Channel 5) about the recent sale of the Old Town mill. The institute has a research center in the mill’s warehouse, which city officials say will remain on the property, the Associated Press reported. In June, ND Paper LLC bought the Rumford paper […]
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Balancing a variety of classes is challenging — especially across three different schools, and with a job on the side. Zoe Vittum, a junior at Brewer High School, takes classes there as well as through the Early College program at the University of Maine and its equivalent at Husson University. After finishing the majority of […]
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Phys.org and The Penobscot Times published a University of Maine news release about the sale of furfural derivatives and how they can make renewable fuel production more financially attractive to potential investors. Kaveh Dalvand, a researcher in the School of Economics at UMaine, worked with a team to find co-products of renewable fuel, with a focus […]
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University of Maine Forest Bioproducts Research Institute faculty members Douglas Gardner and David Neivandt, and Doughty Middle School science teacher Tracy Vassiliev will accompany seven undergraduate students from throughout the country on a weeklong trip to Chile. The trip is the culminating experience of a National Science Foundation Research Experiences for Undergraduates (NSF REU) program, […]
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The Associated Press, Bangor Daily News, Portland Press Herald, Mainebiz and WLBZ (Channel 2) reported OTM Holdings, LLC announced it had purchased a former pulp mill in Old Town to redevelop it into a wood fiber complex housing multiple tenants. The Press Herald reported the sale will save the complex from demolition by the liquidation […]
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The University of Maine’s Forest Bioproducts Research Institute was included in the Biofuels Digest article, “Bounding Maine: Top 10 companies targeting Maine’s forest resource for higher-value apps.” Last September, the Defense Logistics Agency announced it will invest $3.3 million to advance wood to jet fuel technology at the Technology Research Center of FBRI. The technology […]
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