ecomaine

05/26/2026

Years in the making. Now officially underway.

On May 21st, we broke ground on our new state-of-the-art recycling facility at 90 Blueberry Road in Portland, and we couldn't be more excited about what it means for Maine. Built for today's materials and tomorrow's demands, the new facility will feature the latest sorting technology and a modern, purpose-built space for our team. More capacity, cleaner outputs, and a bigger impact for every community we serve.

This milestone has been years in the making, and it would not have been possible without the incredible partners, board members, and team members who helped get us here. The future of recycling in Maine starts here. 🎉♻️

📸 Cy Cyr Photography

05/08/2026

We see a lot of things end up in the trash, but experiences with the people you love? Never. This Mother’s Day, give Mom something we’ll never get our hands on. Because the best gifts don’t come in a box, and they definitely don’t end up in a landfill. 💚

Happy Mother’s Day from ecomaine!

05/06/2026

From taxes to toxins, waste costs you, our community, and our planet every day. And we're here to talk about it.

Tonight, we're joining FreeportCAN, the Freeport Sustainability Advisory Board, and fellow community partners for Waste Wise Freeport: a FREE forum and Green Resource Fair where real solutions are on the table.

📍 Freeport Community Library, 10 Library Drive
🗓️ Tonight, May 6 | 6–7:30 PM

Speakers: Natural Resources Council of Maine, AgriCycle Energy, GoGo Refill, Freeport Community Services Thrift Shop, Freeport Community Library, the Town of Freeport Sustainability Advisory Board, and us!

Come learn:
• What bin does this go in? How to recycle the right way
• Why waste matters far beyond your trash can, and why recycling alone isn't the answer
• How waste disposal costs hit your tax bill, and what Freeport is doing about it
• Simple changes that save you money now

Waste isn't inevitable. It's a design flaw we can fix together. See you tonight, Freeport!

04/29/2026

You could say we've been enjoying our time at Fitzy so far... ⚽🌿

We're so proud to be a community partner with Portland Hearts of Pine this season! On match days you can find us in the Kids Zone, where we're bringing a little sustainability to the pitch. Stop by our table to learn how your household can make a real difference through smarter recycling, composting, and waste reduction!

Think you've got what it takes to out-sort Moxie the Moose? 🫎 Come test your skills with our soccer-themed sorting game. Toss balls into the correct bin (trash, recycling, or compost) and see if you can beat Moxie's current record of 23.45 seconds. Fast, fun, and you might just learn something new. Perfect for kids, but adults, we're watching you too. 👀

Come out and support this Saturday, May 2nd at 5pm at Fitzpatrick Stadium. The Hearts of Pine have brought something special to Portland, and we'd love to see you there!

04/22/2026

This Earth Day, we're breaking down the three R's, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, the Maine way. 🌎

When we start at the top of the waste hierarchy, small habits can have a big impact. Swipe through for tips on cutting waste, giving items a second life, and recycling right with ecomaine. 💚

Happy Earth Day!

04/21/2026

🎨 Submissions are OPEN, and we want to see your Maine!

Recycling is a Work of Art is back for 2026, and we're looking for Maine artists to leave their mark on one of our iconic Silver Bullets. If you've never seen one in person, they're big. We're talking 61 feet of total canvas, and every inch is yours to work with.

Whether you paint, illustrate, design digitally, or are just picking up a brush for the first time, this competition is for you. All you need is a connection to Maine and a vision worth sharing.

Winning designs will be selected by ecomaine's Outreach & Recycling Committee. Each winner receives a $1,000 stipend to bring their design to life at full scale. Your finished Silver Bullet will then travel across ecomaine's 70+ member communities as a piece of living, functional public art, out in the world, seen every day, by real people.

Swipe through to see a few of the previous years' artists in action and some of the finished containers out in the wild.

📥 Download your spec sheets and get more information at https://hubs.li/Q04cXfSw0
📅 Submissions close May 19th. Don't sit on this one.

04/16/2026

Even our boilers need a spring break.🏭🔧

Twice a year, we take our one of our boilers offline for a scheduled maintenance outage, and it's a bigger deal than it might sound.

Our Waste-to-Energy plant runs around the clock, incinerating unrecyclable waste at over 2,000°F and converting steam into about 100,000 megawatt-hours of electricity annually. That’s enough electricity to power our own waste-to-energy and recycling facilities, ecomaine’s electric vehicles, plus about 15,000 homes for a year! With that kind of nonstop work our equipment needs dedicated time for thorough inspections, repairs, and upgrades to keep everything running safely and efficiently.

Swipe through to see a peek behind the curtain of what goes into a boiler outage, and why this scheduled downtime is essential to keeping Maine's waste out of landfills and in the energy grid. ♻️⚡

👇 Want to learn more about how our Waste-to-Energy plant works? Check out https://hubs.li/Q04ckplY0!

04/09/2026

⚽ + ♻️ = 💚

ecomaine is officially a Community Partner of the Portland Hearts of Pine, and we couldn't be more excited to be part of the community rallying behind this team. Join us in the Kids Zone this Saturday, April 11th for our soccer-themed sorting game and some sustainability tips you can take straight home. And the best part? We'll be there for home games all season long . Come for the match, stay for the sustainability. See you at Fort Fitzy! 💚

04/03/2026

📍 North Haven, Maine. What a visit.

Last week, our team made the trip out to North Haven and we left feeling genuinely inspired by what this small island community is building. North Haven Community School is one of the recipients of an ecomaine School Waste Diversion Grant, and their work is already in full swing.

The school's student-led NHCS Green Team is doing something really special. Students wear their Green Team lanyards and walk the halls auditing classroom waste bins, rating contamination levels and helping their peers understand what belongs where. We got to give a presentation on recycling to a group of students and meet the young team members doing this work firsthand. Watching kids take real ownership over sustainability in their school is exactly what this grant program is about.

And the grant work is just one piece of the picture. Beyond the recycling program, the school has a working garden and composting system, a greenhouse, and a workshop space bringing together woodworking, boatbuilding, and a 3D printing and robotics lab - to name a few. For a small island school, the scope of what they're doing is remarkable.

North Haven has received the first half of their grant, with more to come as the program builds toward a community Green Fair. To every student, teacher, and community member at NHCS making this happen, thank you for having us. 💚

Curious what the rest of our grant recipients are up to? Head to the blog to see how schools across Maine are rolling up their sleeves and getting sustainable. Read more here: https://hubs.li/Q049vQ2j0🔗

Explore the School Waste Diversion Grant Program and see how it supports sustainability in schools across Maine.

03/26/2026

🌱 Harrison, we'll see you Saturday! We're excited to join the Second Annual Energy Fair on Saturday March 28th, 10am–2pm at UCC United Parish Church, 77 Main St in Harrison.

Come join the conversation on heat pumps, EVs, geothermal heat, passive house design, and so much more! Make sure to stop by the ecomaine table to talk recycling, composting, waste to energy, and keeping waste out of the landfill.

Free admission, refreshments, and kids' activities. It's a great day out for the whole family! ♻️⚡

👉 More information at: https://hubs.li/Q048g6jd0