WILTON — The Board of Selectmen on Tuesday unanimously approved the warrant, including budget recommendations, for the June 16 town meeting. The warrant includes additional articles seeking residents’ input on waste disposal. With a total of $260,520 recommended by the board and Finance Committee for operation of the transfer station and recycling, the board decided […]
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Cape Cod gear recovery takes 10 tons from sea
PORTLAND (AP) — The Center for Coastal Studies in Provincetown, Mass., says it has removed approximately ten tons of fishing gear and other debris from the ocean floor during its second “Outer Cape Derelict Gear Assessment and Retrieval Program.” Four commercial lobstering vessels from Provincetown took part in the March campaign. A spokeswoman for the […]
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Warren sees light at end of tunnel for site holding 27,000 tons of flammable fiber wastes
WARREN — Fourteen years after 27,000 tons of flammable fiber wastes were dumped on a former rifle range off Route 90, the Maine Department of Environmental Protection hopes it has come up with a long-awaited solution. The DEP is soliciting bids for parties that would like to convert the carpet-like fiber into an alternative fuel […]
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New KTI bosses hope to boost efficiency
LEWISTON — The new owners of construction and demolition debris processor KTI Bio Fuels hope to boost the facility’s efficiency. New York-based ReEnergy Holdings LLC announced Friday it purchased the Plourde Parkway-based processor from Casella Solid Waste for an undisclosed amount. The facility takes in wood, concrete, metal and other nonhazardous refuse from demolition and […]
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Collection of household hazardous wastes for Norway/Paris area residents
Norway/Paris Solid Waste will hold their annual Household Hazardous Waste collection event on from 8:30-11:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 10. All those household chemicals that have been sitting under kitchen sinks or in basements and garages for many years can be brought to the event at the Norway/Paris Transfer Station, 39 Brown Street, Norway. Residents from […]