KENNEBEC JOURNAL • May 29, 2021
As the manager of the Ogunquit Transfer Station, I am writing in support of L.D. 1541, An Act to Support and Improve Municipal Recycling Programs and Save Taxpayer Money, which would make manufacturers responsible for the waste created by their packaging. It is very frustrating to hear residents tell us that recycling has become too confusing. They are discouraged when we try and explain that because of escalating costs we can no longer take everything they are told is recyclable, and that less and less of their waste can be recovered. L.D. 1541 seems to be a sensible way to remind manufacturers that even if their products are recyclable it costs money to recycle them, and that if the materials are not recyclable, they need to reduce the use of it — and help pay to get rid of it. ~ John Fusco, Ogunquit