SUN JOURNAL • February 20, 2022
Less than two years ago, LD 401, An Act to Preserve State Landfill Capacity and Promote Recycling, became law. It was an excellent example of good policy. This legislation set new recycling targets to ensure we can meet our ambitious and much-needed sustainability goals. It also statutorily compelled one of our small businesses, ReSource Waste Services, to invest nearly $2 million dollars of its own capital. But now it seems that some in the Legislature want to reverse course and go back on their word. Proposed language in a new bill, LD 1639, would undermine the bipartisan work that just happened and result in ReSource Waste Services going out of business. If state policymakers don’t keep their word, it gets harder to retain and recruit all businesses in Maine. ~ Dana Connors, Maine State Chamber of Commerce