SEATTLE (Waste Advantage): After pausing its curbside recycling program more than a year ago, the Town of Kennebunkport signed a contract to resume the program and to send its paper, cardboard, plastic, metal, and glass to ecomaine, the municipally-owned, non-profit recycling processor in Portland. After prices increased in 2019, Kennebunkport’s Select Board and town staff were not able to find revenues to pay for the program but realized that recycling is important to its residents and visitors.
“Recycling is an important part of Kennebunkport’s commitment to our community,” said Allen Daggett, Chair of the town’s Select Board. “We needed to take a pause to figure out the best economic solution to meet our environmental goals.”
“We are very glad to welcome the Town of Kennebunkport to ecomaine’s roster of member communities,” said ecomaine Board Chair Mike Shaw. Recycling remains the very best waste management strategy in keeping recoverable materials out of our landfills.”
The single-sort recycling program allows Kennebunkport residents to collect paper, cardboard, metal cans, glass bottles and jars, and hard plastic containers #1-7 in one container for recycling at curbside. Residents who need more information about sorting recyclables from trash can look on ecomaine’s website at ecomaine.org. Additionally, ecomaine employs full-time education staff, who can provide presentations and programs to residents and students in Kennebunkport at no cost, to help support proper waste management.
“The educational component to ecomaine’s program really gives us some reason for optimism,” said Public Works Director Mike Claus. “We know that our residents want to recycle right, which keeps contamination and costs lower; now that we’re on board with ecomaine’s education program, that information is easier than ever to get.”
Courtesy: www.wasteadvantage.com
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