BANGOR DAILY NEWS • March 6, 2024
After a new company took over the Orrington trash incinerator in an effort to finally restart it, Penobscot County pledged $650,000 to help manage the tons of waste still in the plant. The Eagle Point Energy Center bought the plant Friday, Orrington Town Manager Chris Backman said Tuesday at a Penobscot County Commission meeting. The plant, formerly known as Penobscot Energy Recovery Co., foreclosed in May and stopped accepting trash from Orrington in September. Nearly 8,000 tons of trash remain inside the facility, which started burning trash in the 1980s. The company’s goal is to start processing trash in early 2025, Backman said. The 44 towns and communities that used the incinerator are taking their trash to Juniper Ridge landfill.