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  1. An excellent resource from #EcoMaine!

    #FoodWaste and #Composting

    "Did you know that almost a third of what we throw away is leftover or spoiled food? If Maine is to achieve a 50% recycling rate, we need to recover our food waste, too – it’s worth the weight!

    "ecomaine added food waste recycling to our sustainable waste management solutions in order to help Maine reach its recycling goal. We continue to build food waste recycling capacity in southern Maine, serving as a central collection point for grocery stores, institutions, and participating cities and towns.

    "Collected food waste is transported to #ExeterME’s #AgriEnergy [#AgricycleEnergy] to be de-packaged and anaerobically digested to produce sustainable power, organic farm #fertilizer, and cow bedding for the #Maine family dairy farm #StonyvaleFarm. Any packaging removed from the food waste is delivered back to ecomaine to be burned for energy—keeping all of it out of our #landfills!

    "By making #composting, anaerobic digestion, and food waste recycling so easy, we encourage our communities to dispose of their waste responsibly.

    "For more on compost that’s 'Worth The Weight,' check out our informational pamphlet!

    #BackyardComposting

    "Backyard composting is one of the easiest ways to keep organic material out of the trash. It also has some other great advantages:

    - It doesn’t weigh your trash down as much.
    - It doesn’t get into ecomaine‘s waste-to-energy plant, making our combustion more damp and less efficient.
    - It’s easy – and “grass-cycling” (leaving clippings on the lawn) is better for your grass!
    - It saves Maine’s towns money on collection and hauling.
    - And it saves YOU money on trash bags!

    "There are no trucks or driving involved – no carbon emissions! You just walk it out to your bin, and that’s it.

    "In the end, composting produces rich #soil for flower and vegetable #gardens – without paying for it (again) at the store.

    Drop Off Locations

    "If you’re looking for a compost drop-off location, instead of putting it in your backyard, here are a few… If you know of one that’s not here, let us know! (Some facilities may be for residents only; we advise calling ahead if you’re not sure.)

    [I've found that transfer stations are usually residents only...]

    #BridgtonME Transfer Station
    118 Sandy Creek Rd, Bridgton, ME, USA

    #BrownfieldME Transfer Station
    Pequawket Trail, Brownfield, ME, USA

    #CapeElizabethME Recycling Center
    10 Cooper Dr, Cape Elizabeth, ME, USA

    #EliotME Recycling Center
    468 Dow Highway, Eliot, ME, USA

    #FalmouthME Community Park
    Winn Rd, Falmouth, ME, USA

    #FalmouthME Transfer Station
    100 Woods Rd, Falmouth, ME, USA

    #FalmouthME Village Park
    22 Hat Trick Drive, Falmouth, ME

    #FreeportME Recycling Center
    100 Landfill Road, Freeport, ME, USA

    #NorthYarmouthME Town Hall / #SamRistichNatureTrail, North Yarmouth, ME, USA

    #PortlandME: #BoydStreet #CommunityGarden
    2 Boyd Street, Portland, ME

    Portland: #BrentwoodFarms Community Garden
    Brentwood Street, Portland, ME

    Portland: #Libbytown Community Garden
    175 Douglass Street, Portland, ME

    Portland: #NorthStreetCommunityGarden
    195 North Street, Portland, ME

    Portland: Parkside/King Middle School
    In the back of the school near the Fitzpatrick Stadium parking lot
    92 Deering Avenue, Portland, ME

    Portland: #PaysonPark Community Garden
    Dropoff located on Front Street.
    Front Street, Portland, Maine

    Portland: #ReicheSchool
    Dropoff is on the Clark Street side.
    166 Brackett Street, Portland, ME

    Portland: #Riverton Community Garden
    45 Verrill Street, Portland, Maine

    #SacoME Dept. of Public Works
    15 Phillips Spring Road, Saco, ME

    Saco Parks & Rec
    75 Franklin St, Saco, ME, USA

    #ScarboroughME Public Works Facility
    20 Washington Avenue, Scarborough, ME, USA

    #SouthPortlandME City Hall
    25 Cottage Rd, South Portland, ME, USA

    South Portland Code Enforcement Office
    496 Ocean Street, South Portland, ME

    South Portland Golf Course Maint. Building
    221 Westbrook Street, South Portland, ME, USA

    South Portland High School
    637 Highland Avenue, South Portland, ME, USA

    South Portland Transfer Station
    929 Highland Ave, South Portland, ME, USA

    South Portland: Redback Community Center
    95 Macarthur Circle West, South Portland, ME

    #StandishME Transfer Station
    150 Moody Rd, Standish, ME, USA

    #SurryME: #ChickadeeCompost
    Jill's Lane, Surry, Maine www.chickadeecompost.com

    #VinalhavenME Transfer Station
    178 Round the Island Rd, Vinalhaven, ME, USA

    #YarmouthME Transfer Station
    659 East Main Street, Yarmouth, ME, USA

    Curbside Collection

    And if you’re really not into the backyard thing, there are some companies who will pick it up for you!

    - #WeCompostIt! (Greater Portland)
    - #GarbageToGarden (Greater Portland)
    - #ScrapDogs (Greater #CamdenME-#RockportME)
    - #MrFoxComposting (Southern Maine & #NH)
    - #ProjectEarth (Lincoln County)
    - #ChickadeeCompost (All of #BlueHillME Peninsula, #DeerIsleME, #EllsworthME)
    - #OneEarth Composting (#HampdenME)
    - #AgriCycle Energy (Collection from businesses & organizations for anaerobic digestion – all over!)

    Other Compost Resources:

    Maine Department of Environmental Protection
    207-592-0455

    University of Maine Cooperative Extension
    207-581-3188

    Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine – Food Recovery
    207-581-3195

    Maine Organic Farmers & Gardeners Association [#MOFGA]
    207-568-4142

    #WormMainea
    207-831-3752

    #MainelyWorm Bins

    #UncleJimsWormFarm
    1-800-373-0555

    Source (with links):
    ecomaine.org/food-waste-and-co

    #SolarpunkSunday #Composting #WormBins #ReducingWaste
    #Landfills #Maine #WasteToEnergy

  2. #FlashbackFriday
    2020.

    I was invited to go on a #flotilla #protest led by #IndigenousChiefs & leaders from the North Island in late 2019 - we went in March of 2020. To stop 2 open net fish farms, in the #DiscoveryIslands archipelago, from restocking their pens. These fish farms are remote & they don't want public to access them. No restocking was able to happen on day we went on flotilla protest & patrol.

    I've been a part of the battle here to get #FishFarmsOut for over a decade. There's finally some progress but we need to still keep up the pressure on federal & provincial governments.
    #SaveWildSalmon because they're a #KeystoneSpecies & if we lose them, it sets off chain reactions in both #ocean & #OldGrowthForest #ecosystems. Wild salmon are extremely important to the Indigenous peoples of BC & the fight to protect them goes back decades.

    Always put #WildFirst ✊️

    #ProtectTheWild #WildSalmonAlliance #NoLicenseRenewal #FloatingViruses #Frankenfish #Environmentalist #Ecological #Activism #DirectAction #OneEarth #OceanGuardians #SalmonGuardians #SalmonPeople #StandUpForSalmon #BoycottFarmedSalmon #SayNoToFarmedSalmon #CDNpoli #BCpoli #BritishColumbia #Cascadia #PacificNorthwest #BCcoast #CoastalBC #Westcoast #Oceans #DemandMPAs #PNW #Activist #ProtectNature

  3. "The increasing severity of #wildfires and #drought highlights that reforming #ForestStewardship – taking better care of the forests, including safeguarding #OldGrowthForests – is one of our best hopes to protect communities across B.C.

    Harmful #forestry practices like #clearcutting and #unsustainable #IndustrialLogging make extreme heat and wildfires worse. #Clearcuts are #tinderboxes, more prone to creating embers because dead trees and branches dry out in the hot sun and become more #flammable. Tree plantations and improperly tended young forests also increase wildfire risk: Younger trees have thinner bark and low-hanging branches that can act as ladder fuels, and the trees are often planted too close together, making it easy for fire to spread.

    Fortunately, intact and properly managed #forests are more resilient to the worsening wildfires and heatwaves. For example, #OldGrowth #rainforests have dense canopies which provide cooling shade that resists fire. They are cooler and wetter than young forests, acting as giant sponges. Old-growth trees in the drier interior have thick bark, high branches and are widely spaced which all reduce #WildfireRisk.

    #SierraClubBC #BCpoli #StopEcocide #BritishColumbia #Environmental #SaveOldGrowth #ClimateCrisis #BCNDP #BanCorporateLobbyists #Wildfires #floods #ClimateEmergency #BCwildfires #BCfloods #NaturalDisasters #ClimateMitigation #StopDeforestation #JustStopOil #DoTheRightThing #OneEarth #BCForestryReform