BANGOR DAILY NEWS • April 5, 2023
A group representing more than 100 towns and cities across eastern Maine has named a new partner in its latest bid to reopen the long-shuttered Hampden trash plant. The Municipal Review Committee will work with Innovative Resource Recovery to restart the idle Municipal Waste Solutions plant off Coldbrook Road. Over the next 60 days, Innovative Resource Recovery, which is backed by a “multi-million dollar asset management firm,” will conduct due diligence while both parties negotiate a formal agreement, with a projected closing date of June 2, 2023,