In this video, you’ll see that Commissioner Walt Whitcomb, Maine’s Commissioner of Agriculture, makes a folksy but very important point: anaerobic digestion benefits from constancy, whereas other renewables, like wind and solar, do not. Sometimes it rains, and sometimes the wind doesn’t blow. But…
Read moreMost American taxpayers shell out anywhere from $50 to $200 a ton to have their city or town needlessly bury food waste in landfills. Where it just sits, emitting pollutants into the atmosphere, taking up valuable space, and speeding up the timeline for having…
Read moreTwo recent news articles are helpful in advancing the notion that disposing of food waste as we always have is just foolish. It no longer needs to be in the traditional waste stream. The Portland Daily Sun’s article, “ECOMAINE TO STUDY ORGANIC WASTE RECYCLING,”…
Read moreMost Americans like to think of themselves as environmentally responsible, and that is fantastic. And of course state legislators are just as sensitive to the environment as their constituents are. One trend you can bet lawmakers already are keeping tabs on is the fact…
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