Bar Harbor Workshop Begins Discussion Carrie Jones Mar 05, 2025 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Swan Agency Real Estate. BAR HARBOR—In a Tuesday, March 4, workshop, the Bar Harbor Town Council continued to talk trash, hoping to “establish high-level public policy objectives for Bar Harbor’s waste management strategies.” That’s a long way of saying that the town was looking at how much it … Continue reading Pay as You Throw? Commercial fees?
Food Waste Impacts Towns’ Budgets and Air Carrie Jones Sep 26, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—Food scraps. Yard waste. Combined, the items are about 40 percent of what Maine homes throw away. Those scraps, those twigs, the random lettuce that wilts and isn’t eaten, the moldy bread or cheese? It adds up and many local people and groups are trying to find ways to reduce the … Continue reading Wasted Food: Going After a Massive Problem One Compost Bin at a Time
Bar Harbor task force hopes to work with businesses to find ways to reduce waste CARRIE JONES JAN 24, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—Ketchup bottles that aren’t wide-mouthed any longer. Paper napkins instead of linen. Creamers in cups instead of in pitchers on tables. It all contributes to Bar Harbor’s trash stream. The Bar Harbor Task Force on the Climate Emergency and others want to reduce … Continue reading Getting Rid of Trash is a Costly Business
