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Composting across Maine

What this decidesWhich towns are diverting organics, and what that changes for collection and disposal contracts.

Municipal and residential organics: food-waste diversion, composting sites and programs, and the ordinances and contracts establishing them.Our definition of the class.

Your own viewComposting, cut to what you need to know
11
towns on the record
111
events on the record
69
in the last 90 days
1
threads on the record

What this page is for one topic across Maine's municipalities on the public record: where it is moving, which towns carry it, the documents behind it. A subscriber sees it cut to their own towns and questions. If it does not, write to us; that is what changes the next edition.

Where it is on the record11 towns, most movement first

Every town carrying this class on the record through 2026-08-31: events in the last 90 days against the 90 before, the same 90-day count as a rolling line, whose right-hand point is that number, the latest document.
North Yarmouth49 events32 in 90 days ▲ +88.2%latest 2026-08-07, Waste Reduction Committee Meeting Agenda
Freeport31 events30 in 90 dayslatest 2026-08-07, FSAB Agenda
Biddeford3 events2 in 90 days ▲ +100.0%latest 2026-08-31, Recycling and Solid Waste Management Commission 20
Falmouth2 events2 in 90 daysnew on the recordlatest 2026-08-10, Council Work Plan Priorities FY26-27.pdf
York2 events1 in 90 days ▬ +0.0%latest 2026-08-05, AgendaCenter agenda
Kennebunk1 event1 in 90 daysnew on the recordlatest 2026-08-05, AgendaCenter agenda
South Portland1 event1 in 90 daysnew on the recordlatest 2026-07-23, CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP - Jul 14 2026 — 2026-07-14
Rockland11 events0 in 90 dayslatest 2026-05-01, Agenda for the March 4 meeting of RESAC
Cumberland9 events0 in 90 dayslatest 2026-03-06, Agenda center file Lands & Conservation Commission
Wilton1 event0 in 90 dayslatest 2026-04-22, Selectboard Minutes 03-17-2026
Wiscasset1 event0 in 90 dayslatest 2026-04-09, Packet

Threads on the record1 thread

Matters in this class that have come back to a board more than once: the title, the towns, the documents by their meeting date. The reading of each is written for subscribers.
Curbside composting programBiddeford and SacoCity Council, Recycling and Waste Management Commission, Select Board, Sustainability Committee
17 March Select Board14 July City Council10 August Town Council19 August Recycling and Waste Management Commission

Who this typically touches

Business types a matter in this class typically reaches. Our inference from the class, not the record's words; a specific organization is named on these pages only when the record itself names it.

Likely to gain: organics haulers and compost operators (a diversion program is a contracted service with a start date).

Likely affected: transfer station and landfill operators (diverted tonnage comes out of their volume).

Worth watching: food businesses and institutions (a program can make separation a requirement rather than an option).

One scope up

The same class at a wider scope: Composting in Maine · Composting in Massachusetts · Composting in New Hampshire · Composting across the country.

Counts and dates are taken from the documents on the record in this window. The class and its definition are ours.