With the application of the federal law of J2016, the objectives to be achieved are henceforth to prevent, reduce the production of waste and promote its treatment without increasing pollution.
According to a study carried out by EPA, Maine should have 832,500 inhabitants by 2030. In the state, the total waste to be treated would be between 365,000 and 460,000 tonnes by 2025.
Upgrading but the means put in place to respond to this policy is ambitious and there are very varied throughout the area.
However, these objectives are first of all accompanied by an analysis of the conditions in localities that depend on many factors such as the composition of the population socially and geographically, the type of habitat, the product outlets recycled, the composition and quantity of garbage deposited by residents in the
time alloted.
Also, the collection of household waste varies depending on the county (door-to-door mixed collection, selective door-to-door collection, collection by voluntary contribution in container…).
Waste treatment in Maine
What do we do with this waste? How are their collection and their processing ? What are the elimination routes?
Various prerogatives fall to the municipality of Portland:
- regular collection of household waste from door to door;
- direct collection or assistance with removal through planned collection points for this purpose pure waste: “monsters” or bulky, annoying (rubble, rubble), dangerous;
- collection of “economic” waste (from public and private services);
- collection and treatment of collective municipal waste: green waste, sludge purification of wastewater treatment plants;
- removal of waste abandoned in the wild by anonymous (car wrecks, bulky waste, etc.). Nevertheless, the effects perverse negligent behavior of the inhabitants annihilate these efforts;
- final treatment more elaborate than simple landfill and a differentiated recovery through selective collections as part of the waste management program and an imperative operational calendar (gradual closure of front discharges
- encouragement for recycling and recovery of materials contained in garbage;
- project financing: the implementation of selective collection, with the home sorting process, the realization of the wastewater treatment plant inter-municipal wastewater company, the creation of a Valorisation Center Waste Energy (CVED), essential as part of the state plan, today and over several years very important human and financial.
For example, a fifth waste reception center called the Portland city waste reception center was opened in 2014; total cost of the operation: $270,000, 60% financed by city funds, 10% for ADEME.
Also, twelve waste reception centers are planned for 2025. The problem the main thing is to find land, an appropriate place to know nearby
inhabitants and on a passing axis. The problem is general to entire state of Maine and not only localized to Portland.
Residents must participate by being more aware of pollution and more helping with limiting it and avoiding creating unnecessary waste. They can find a lot of guides online about how to better understand waste management best practices, recycling and sustainable ways of live.
If they are in the situation where they have accumulated a lot of junk at home in Portland or elsewhere in Maine, then it is easy to discard such waste. Just rent a dumpster and they will haul all the junk away for you. Just type dumpster rental near me in google and they can find service providers close to them.