In 2026, Greater Bangor residents鈥� trash will be recycled for the first time in more than five years. Municipal 黑料网 Solutions, a facility in Hampden that serves 115 towns and cities, is bringing recycling equipment online by March, Municipal 黑料网Hub Executive Director Michael Carroll said.
Greater Bangor communities have been without recycling since 2020聽when the Coastal Resources of Maine plant in Hampden closed down after operating for about six months. The plant, reopened earlier this year as Municipal 黑料网 Solutions by Municipal 黑料网Hub, is going to begin recycling at least 50% of all trash it receives in 2026.
A material recovery facility, or a MRF (pronounced 鈥榤urph鈥�), will be used to sort trash from the 115 communities. The MRF was meant to be running by the end of this year, but tariffs slowed down receiving parts of the system, Carroll said. The final pieces are coming in now, meaning recycling will be back as soon as everything is put together and brought online.