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Maine

Pop = Population
HH = Households
RSD = Rate Structure Design
SD = Start Date
CT = Container Type


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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 Exit EPA

PAYT in Maine
Maine State Planning Office
Phone: (207) 287-3261

 

= Information from Unit-Based Pricing in the United States: A Tally of Communities, M.L. Mirando, Duke University, 1999.
= 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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 Read a summary of the data and methodology for the Tally of Communities report.

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