Keeping Food Out of Landfills
During the fall of 2018, NEWMOA held stakeholder workshops in the Vermont, Maine, and New Hampshire communities. The workshops focused on increasing communication and connections between generators of wasted food […]
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Food Recovery & Donation, Opportunities & Challenges in the Lakes Region
Food insecurity is a serious issue in the Lakes Region and there are many opportunities to become involved. The Workshop involved food producers, farmers, distributors, retailers, schools, food pantries, meal […]
Soil Reuse Across the NEWMOA States
NEWMOA's Solid Waste and Waste Site Cleanup Programs established a joint Soils Reuse Workgroup that facilitates information sharing and discusses programmatic and policy options to improve the management of escess […]
Managing Excess Food & Scraps in the Androscoggin Valley: Reduce – Donate – Compost Workshop
125 Manley Road 125 Manley Road, Auburn, ME, United StatesPresentations Available At: www.newmoa.org/events/agenda.cfm?m=339 Approximately 15 percent of households in the Androscoggin Valley are food insecure, yet over 20 percent of the material entering landfills is food, much of which […]
Managing Excess Food & Scraps in the Androscoggin Valley: Reduce, Donate, Compost
Approximately 15 percent of households in the Androscoggin Valley are food insecure, yet over 20 percent of the material entering landfills is food, much of which is edible. There are […]
Air Deposition as a Source of PFAS Contamination
The webinar included the following presentation: Dr. Christopher Zevitas, U.S. Department of Transportation, Volpe Center in Cambridge, MA & Dr. Stephen Zemba, Sanborn Head & Associates in Burlington, VT Atmospheric […]
Lessons Learned from Implementing the Food Recovery Hierarchy
The NEWMOA and the Northeast Recycling Council (NERC) presented their recent projects focused on reducing wasted food. While the projects worked in rural and small town communities, the outreach materials […]
IMERC’s 2016 Mercury-added Product Data Analysis
This webinar focused on IMERC's latest analysis of mercury-added products data reported through the e-filing system, which covers the 2016 calendar year. Participants included federal, state, and local government programs, […]
Responding to Environmental Emergencies Using Composting as a Management Tool
https://youtu.be/DHkCMCIPJ-s This webinar covered the outcomes and lessons learned from a fall 2018 Unusual Mortality Event (UME) involving seals, response work to address poultry mortalities in the aftermath of Hurricane […]
PFAS: State Case Studies With Wider Implications
The webinar included the following presentations: Kerri Malinowski, Maine Department of Environmental Protection PFAS Impacts at a Dairy Farm in Maine - for information or a copy of the presentation, please […]
Chemical Safety & Climate Change Preparedness
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Chemical Safety & Climate Change Preparedness
A briefing for state agency staff on efforts underway in Massachusetts to mitigate chemical safety risks posed by severe weather events. pollution prevention https://youtu.be/tl6W14Jl1ys
