Towns stick with Orrington trash plant through closure and legal threats

BANGOR DAILY NEWS • September 17, 2025

Some communities with contracts to the waste-to-energy incinerator in Orrington are unbothered; others are uncertain about when the Orrington plant will reopen and whether they could be drawn into a lawsuit a previous owner has filed against the current one. Despite all that, towns are largely still standing by the facility given contracts they have to send their waste there when it reopens.