MORNING SENTINEL • January 11, 2021
The Winslow Town Council on Monday night heard an informational presentation on an opportunity for a residential consolidated food waste collection pilot program. Susanne Lee of UMaine’s Center for Sustainability Solutions noted that Maine has the 12th highest level of food insecurity in the country and 30% of the state’s solid waste stream is food waste. The program, Lee said, has “a triple bottom line” with financial, community and natural resource benefits. “When we say ‘pilot,’ we’re talking about a yearlong program that we’d be working with you to track, measure and support.”