Opinion: Amidst A Health Crisis The Last Thing Maine Needs Is International Trash

LINKEDIN • June 24, 2020

People are bewildered by trash being brought in from another country and strategically disposing it in their “backyard.” The concern is heightened since the COVID pandemic and the idea that trash is being transported internationally and imported to Maine. The the Penobscot Energy Recovery Co. (PERC) in Orrington, plans to import trash from Ireland and in the process, be paid generously for it. ~ Paula Pinto