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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 viewGet a custom report built for CompostingThe form asks what your organization does, your territory, and which signals matter. Matt comes back with this record narrowed to the threads that touch your work.

towns on the record

events on the record

in the last 90 days

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.

Source documents 5 of 15 on this page link straight to the town's own record. The rest are available on request. Ask for access.

Where it is on the record11 towns, most movement first

Every town carrying this class on the record through 2026-09-07: 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.

Biddeford4 events3 in 90 dayslatest 2026-09-06, 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

South Portland1 event1 in 90 daysnew on the recordlatest 2026-07-23, CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP - Jul 14 2026 — 2026-07-14

Wilton1 event1 in 90 daysnew on the recordlatest 2026-04-22, Selectboard Minutes 03-17-2026

North Yarmouth2 events0 in 90 dayslatest 2026-08-07, Waste Reduction Committee Meeting Agenda

Freeport1 event0 in 90 dayslatest 2026-08-07, FSAB Agenda

Rockland1 event0 in 90 dayslatest 2026-05-01, Agenda for the March 4 meeting of RESAC

Cumberland4 events0 in 90 dayslatest 2026-03-06, Agenda center file Lands & Conservation Commission

York2 events0 in 90 dayslatest 2026-08-05, AgendaCenter agenda

Kennebunk1 event0 in 90 dayslatest 2026-08-05, AgendaCenter agenda

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. Subscribers get each one read and written up as it moves.

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.