BANGOR DAILY NEWS • February 20, 2025
A Hampden trash plant is scheduled to reopen in six to eight weeks, five years after it closed. The plant will start accepting small amounts of trash as it ramps up to full operation by the end of this year, said Michael Carroll, executive director of the Municipal Review Committee, which is a group of 115 cities and towns. The MRC operates the plant, Municipal Waste Solutions, which closed in 2020. The committee partnered with Innovative Resource Recovery, LLC, a subsidiary of White Oak Global Advisors, an investment firm that has the backing of billions of dollars. Hampden’s plant reopening should divert trash from Juniper Ridge Landfill.