Resource Recovery

UMaine Alert

Posted: April 19, 2024 - 1:32 PM

At approximately 9:24 a.m. on Friday, April 19, a University of Maine graduate student was struck by a university vehicle on Long Road at the University of Maine campus in Orono. The student reports that they are at a local hospital with minor injuries.

Emergency services, including the Orono Fire Department, University Volunteer Ambulance Corps, University of Maine Police Department, Orono Police Department and Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene.

The university vehicle involved in the incident was a Chevrolet Express van. It was being operated by a university employee.

Counseling services and support are available for students, faculty or staff who may have been affected. The Counseling Center can be reached at 207-581-1392 and the Dean of Students Office can be reached at 207-581-1406.

The scene has been cleared and Long Road is now accessible. An investigation is being conducted by the University of Maine Police Department with assistance from the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office Crash Reconstruction Unit. Any witnesses to the incident are encouraged to contact Lt. Noel Santiago at noel.santiago@maine.edu.

recycle banner Resource Recovery’s primary function is managing recycling and waste management services for the majority of the campus community.

Paper products of all types generated on campus are collected for recycling, organic discards from dining facilities are collected for composting, construction and demolition debris is collected and sorted for recovery, and a host of other materials are recovered every year.

UMaine’s resource recovery services continues to grow. The on-going support and participation by the students, faculty and staff will ensure our success. Please contact Resource Recovery, Facilities Management, at 581.3076 or email daniel.e.smith@maine.edu for additional information.

UMaine Campus Switches to Single-Stream Recycling

The University of Maine has joined a growing number of communities making the switch to single-steam recycling, a system that simplifies recycling for the entire campus community.

Single Stream is as easy as 1-2-3!

Find a designated single stream receptacle
Place clean, accepted materials in the receptacle – no sorting necessary!
Let UMaine custodians take it from there!

For questions, please contact the Sustainability Office 581.1571.

The Material Recovery Facility (MRF)

UMaine maintains a small Material Recovery Facility (MRF, pronounced ‘murph’) where a variety of bulky wastes and hard to dispose of materials generated from construction, land clearing, and renovation projects are staged, reprocessed for reuse, or processed for disposal. Materials reprocessed for reuse include brush and tree waste, soil, asphalt, concrete, stone and other aggregate. Brush and tree waste is chipped and used on campus for building woodland paths or sold to local companies that use wood chips as a biomass fuel. Soil, asphalt, concrete, stone and other aggregates are stock piled, crushed and screened, and reused in sidewalk and road construction projects, landscaping, drainage materials around culverts and piping, and various other applications suitable for these reclaimed materials. Please contact UMaine Recycles at 581.3076 or email dennis.grant@umit.maine.edu for additional information or to request services.