SUN JOURNAL • April 20, 2021
More than 30 years ago, Maine set out to recycle or compost 50% of our waste annually. Today, we’re not even close to achieving that goal. We’re going backward. The state must find ways to boost recycling. Our leaders can start by assigning the producers of plastic, glass, and other packaging responsibility for funding and maintaining a new recycling infrastructure that would enable Maine to process its waste independently. ~ Jon Southern, Downeast Coastal Conservancy