Bangor Daily News news story The Girl Scouts of Maine unveiled a new Sustainable Maine Patch Program Tuesday aimed at giving Girl Scout members an incentive to increase awareness of a statewide paint recycling program. With the unveiling of its new Sustainable Maine Patch Program Tuesday, the Girl Scouts of Maine is encouraging its members Read More
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Girl Scouts of Maine Increase Awareness about How to Recycle Paint
WGME-TV news story Watch full news video. AUGUSTA (WGME) – The Girl Scouts of Maine are partnering with the Natural Resources Council to make a difference by cleaning up our communities. The goal is for the scouts to increase awareness about how to safely recycle paint. Participating in the program will earn them a new Read More
Girl Scouts, NRCM Team Up to Promote New Way to Safely Recycle Paint in Maine
Unveil new “Sustainable ME” Girl Scout Patch News Release Today, the Girl Scouts of Maine and the Natural Resources Council of Maine announced and unveiled a new program— the first ever “Sustainable Maine” patch—to be earned by Girl Scouts who take personal actions toward a more sustainable future. This year’s goal is for Girl Scouts Read More
Maine's Girl Scouts to Earn New Patches for Environmentalism
The Associated Press, WCSH WCSH-6 TV news story PORTLAND, Maine (AP) – The Girl Scouts of Maine are about to start earning “Sustainable Maine” patches for actions they take to help the planet. The scouts are partnering with Natural Resources Council of Maine on the new patch. The scouts and the council say the patch Read More
Maine Puts A Fresh Coat On Unused Paint
Thursday, October 1st marked the official start of Maine’s Paint Stewardship Program making Maine just the eighth state in the nation to establish a system to help people dispose of unused, unwanted paint without taking it to a landfill. The Maine Paint Stewardship Program is modeled on those already proving successful in other states around Read More
LePage Official Blasts Widely Supported Paint Bill
Colin Woodard, staff writer Portland Press Herald news story AUGUSTA —The paint industry wants to recycle unused household paint in Maine, a program that environmentalists, municipalities and small retailers have supported, saying it will save taxpayers money while safeguarding the environment. But at a legislative hearing Thursday, the LePage administration surprised many by opposing L.D. Read More
Maine Bill Would Create Paint Recycling Program
Colin Woodard, staff writer Portland Press Herald news story AUGUSTA — Legislators will hear testimony this afternoon on a statewide household paint recycling program proposed by the paint industry. The bill, L.D. 1308, would require paint manufacturers to set up a recycling system funded by a fee on paint sold in the state. It was Read More
How Corporate America Might Just Save Recycling
Amy Westervelt Forbes Earlier in the week, this blog looked at some of the ways in which the U.S. recycling system has become dysfunctional. Today, we look at what might happen if recycling started to really work in this country, and turn to a potential solution–one that is being promoted by some of the very Read More
