ASSOCIATED PRESS • May 1, 2021
The Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at UMaine will undertake a statewide “education and action campaign” to increase salvage and recycling of food. The Maine Department of Environmental Protection is supporting the effort with a grant of more than $27,000. The project, called Food Rescue MAINE, will work with the city of Portland to measure food waste at five new food waste recycling sites. Several communities in central Maine are also working with the Mitchell Center on food recycling pilot initiatives.