Maine
Pop = Population
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State Solid Waste Program Solid Waste Management Division Remediation and Waste Management Maine Department of Environmental Protection Augusta (Main Office) 17 State House Station Augusta, ME 04333-0017 Phone: (207) 287-7688 Web site ![]() PAYT in Maine Maine State Planning Office Phone: (207) 287-3261
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= Information from Unit-Based Pricing in the United States: A Tally of Communities, M.L. Mirando, Duke University, 1999. |
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= Information provided by states or communities since 1999. |
Community | Pop | HH | RSD | SD | CT |
Addison | 1,114 | 421 | fully variable | 1998 | bag |
Appelton | 1,069 | 388 | no info | no info | bag |
Arundel | 2,669 | 977 | no info | 1992 | by weight |
3,147 | 1993 | punchcard | |||
Beals | 667 | 254 | fully variable | 1998 | bag |
Belfast | 6,355 | 2,571 | fully variable | 1992 | tag |
6,639 | 1993 | stickers | |||
Bowdoinham | 2,192 | 817 | no info | 1989 | tag |
2,509 | no info | 1988 | |||
Bradford | 1,103 | 381 | fully variable | Apr 1997 | bag |
Bucksport | 4,825 | 1,812 | no info | no info | no info |
Bucksport/Orland | 7,750 | no info | 1992 | stickers | |
Calais | 39,633 | 1,536 | no info | no info | no info |
3,740 | no info | 1997 | bag | ||
Cambridge | 490 | 163 | multi-tier | 1992 | bag |
Camden | 5,060 | 2,142 | fully variable | 1989 | bag |
Castine | 1,253 | no info | no info | 1996 | stickers |
Central Penobscot SWF | 4,675 | no info | no info | 1997 | no info |
Coastal Recycling | 7,889 | no info | no info | 1991 | stickers |
Centerville | 30 | 13 | fully variable | 1998 | bag |
Charlston | 1,187 | 368 | no info | no info | no info |
Chatam | no info | no info | no info | no info | no info |
Columbia | 437 | 154 | fully variable | 1998 | bag |
Corinth | 2,172 | 783 | no info | no info | no info |
Dixmont | 1,007 | 346 | fully variable | 1994 | bag |
1,079 | 1992 | stickers | |||
Dresden | 1,332 | 507 | fully variable | no info | bag |
1,469 | 1996 | tokens | |||
Durham | 2,842 | 969 | no info | no info | no info |
2,939 | 1992 | stickers | |||
Ellsworth | 5,975 | 2,416 | fully variable | no info | tag |
6,271 | 1995 | stickers | |||
Etna | 1,138 | no info | no info | 1998 | stickers |
Fairfield | 6,718 | 2,446 | fully variable | 1988 | bag |
Falmouth | 7,610 | 3,072 | additional base tax | 1992 | bag |
8,805 | |||||
Franklin | 1,141 | 438 | no info | no info | no info |
Frankfort | 1,272 | no info | no info | 1999 | stickers |
Freedom | 593 | 218 | fully variable | 1993 | bag |
724 | 1996 | stickers | |||
Fryburg | 2,968 | 1,112 | no info | 1993 | bag |
2,890 | 1994 | stickers | |||
Garland | 1,064 | 335 | no info | no info | no info |
1,213 | 1994 | stickers | |||
Hancock | 1,760 | 715 | no info | no info | no info |
Harmony/Harmony Region | 838 | 328 | no info | no info | no info |
1,214 | 1998 | bag | |||
Holden | 2,952 | 1,153 | no info | 1994 | tag |
3,007 | stickers | ||||
Hope | 1,017 | 371 | fully variable | 1989 | bag |
Howland | 1,435 | 525 | additional base tax | 1994 | bag |
1,418 | |||||
Hudson | 1,048 | 362 | no info | no info | no info |
1,202 | 1994 | tickets | |||
Isleboro | 579 | 256 | no info | 1994 | tag |
599 | 1998 | stickers | |||
Jackman/Jackman Region | 920 | 371 | no info | no info | no info |
1,329 | 1994 | stickers | |||
Jonesboro | 585 | 221 | fully variable | 1998 | bag |
Jonesport | 1,525 | 586 | fully variable | 1998 | bag |
Kenduskeag | 1,230 | no info | no info | 1991 | stickers |
Kennebunk | 9,317 | no info | no info | 2000 | stickers or bag |
Knox | 681 | 234 | fully variable | 1993 | bag |
683 | 1997 | stickers | |||
Leeds | 1,669 | 543 | fully variable | 1993 | bag |
1,805 | |||||
Liberty | 790 | 301 | no info | no info | no info |
Lincolnville | 1,809 | 730 | fully variable | 1989 | bag |
Linneus | 810 | 259 | fully variable | no info | weight |
Litchfield | 2,770 | no info | no info | 1993 | cash |
Machias | 1,773 | 626 | no info | 1994 | bag |
3,587 | 1992 | ||||
Mars Hill | 1,760 | 696 | fully variable | 1994 | tag |
1,469 | 1993 | stickers | |||
Marshfield | 461 | 166 | no info | no info | no info |
Mercer | 593 | 256 | no info | 1994 | tag |
679 | bag | ||||
Monson | 744 | 307 | no info | 1993 | bag |
822 | 1992 | stickers | |||
Montville | 877 | 293 | fully variable | 1994 | bag |
1,068 | 1996 | stickers and punchcard | |||
Morrill | 644 | 222 | no info | 1989 | bag |
733 | 1993 | stickers | |||
New Vineyard | 661 | 236 | fully variable | 1997 | bag |
584 | 1991 | ||||
North Berwick | 3,963 | no info | no info | 2000 | bag |
North Haven | 349 | no info | no info | 1998 | stickers |
Northern Katahdin Valley | 4,395 | no info | no info | 1998 | by weight |
Oakfield | 846 | 325 | no info | 1989 | by weight |
Orland | 1,805 | 670 | no info | no info | no info |
Palermo | 1,021 | 372 | no info | no info | no info |
Pleasant River SWDD | 4,809 | no info | no info | 1998 | bag |
Portland | 62,786 | no info | no info | 1999 | bag |
Pownal | 1,262 | 414 | no info | no info | no info |
1,274 | 1996 | tag | |||
Raymond | 3,311 | 1,167 | multi-tier | 1993 | bag |
3,609 | 1989 | ||||
Rockport | 2,854 | 1,162 | fully variable | 1989 | bag |
Searsmont | 938 | 349 | no info | no info | no info |
1,079 | 1992 | stickers | |||
Searsport | 2,603 | 979 | no info | no info | no info |
2,702 | 1993 | stickers | |||
Sidney | 2,593 | 888 | fully variable | 1993 | bag |
2,890 | 1992 | stickers | |||
Somerville | 458 | 168 | no info | no info | no info |
Sorrento | 295 | 125 | no info | 1994 | tag |
South Aroostook Region | 10,525 | no info | no info | 1995 | tag |
Starks | 508 | no info | no info | 1997 | stickers or monthly fee |
Stockton Springs | 1,397 | no info | no info | 1996 | stickers |
Sullivan | 1,118 | 421 | fully variable | no info | bag |
Thorndike | 702 | 248 | multi-tier | 1992 | bag |
692 | 1991 | stickers | |||
Topsham | 8,746 | 3,071 | no info | no info | no info |
9,171 | no info | 1994 | bag | ||
Tri-County | 6,957 | no info | no info | 1992 | bag |
Troy | 802 | 288 | additional base tax | 1992 | bag |
1,002 | 1995 | stickers | |||
Union | 1,989 | 701 | no info | no info | no info |
Unity | 1,817 | 614 | fully variable | 1993 | bag |
1,918 | 1995 | stickers | |||
Van Buren | 3,045 | 1,180 | fully variable | no info | bag |
2,662 | 1996 | punchcard | |||
Vinalhaven | 1,133 | no info | no info | 1997 | stickers |
Warren | 3,192 | 1,121 | additional base tax | 1993 | bag |
3,545 | stickers | ||||
Washington | 1,185 | 398 | no info | no info | no info |
Wellington | 270 | 105 | no info | no info | no info |
Wells | 7,778 | 3,057 | additional base tax | 1985 | bag |
8,340 | 1988 | ||||
Whitefield | 2,092 | no info | no info | 1990 | bag |
Windsor | 1,895 | 681 | fully variable | 1997 | tag |
2,152 | 1990 | stickers | |||
Winter Harbor | 1,157 | 365 | no info | no info | no info |
Number of programs from 1999 study: 73
Number of additional programs based on state/community information: 20
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