Some progress made this session as Maine’s waste challenges keep piling up • Maine Morning Star

Some progress made this session as Maine’s waste challenges keep piling up • Maine Morning Star

The entrance to Juniper Ridge Landfill in Old Town, Maine. (Photo by AnnMarie Hilton/Maine Morning Star)Though lawmakers made progress in addressing Maine’s growing waste problem, activists and advocates were hoping for more.  Just over half of Maine’s landfill waste ends up in Juniper Ridge Landfill that sits between Old Town and Alton. It is owned by the state through the Bureau of General Services, which has an operating contract with NEWSME …