The town of Readfield will launch a new food recycling program with the towns of Fayette and Wayne on July 24 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 10 a.m. at the Readfield Transfer Station. Maine Sen. Craig Hickman, town officials and representatives from Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and the Senator George J. Mitchell Center […]
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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 Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine has partnered with the city of Waterville and a coalition of three central Maine towns to advance the Food Rescue MAINE campaign aimed at ending food waste in Maine. Waterville will launch a community food recycling program with a June 17 […]
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The Bangor Daily News shared a University of Maine news release about researchers from the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions helping identify sources of and management strategies for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).
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Researchers at the University of Maine will host the virtual Maine Reuse Summit to celebrate Maine’s vibrant reuse economy from 11 a.m.–1 p.m. June 9. Attendees will learn about a multi-year research project on Maine’s reuse sector from researchers who conducted the study. The researchers will share findings from a statewide survey, national economic data […]
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Researchers from the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine will help identify sources of and management strategies for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). In response to concerns raised by many different stakeholders, the interdisciplinary team of Mitchell Center scientists is gathering and documenting knowledge of where PFAS are […]
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The Associated Press reported on a statewide campaign to keep food out of landfills led by the Senator George J. Mitchell Center at the University of Maine. The Bangor Daily News, The Portland Press Herald, Centralmaine.com, WGME (Channel 13 in Portland), The Edwardsville Intelligencer, the Caledonian Record, U.S. News and World Report and The Washington […]
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