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Maine Women's Lobby News Letter (1995 - December) No 13, Maine Women's Lobby Staff
Maine Women's Lobby News Letter (1995 - December) No 13, Maine Women's Lobby Staff
Maine Women's Publications - All
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Maine Women's Lobby News Letter (1995 - September) No. 12), Maine Women's Lobby Staff
Maine Women's Lobby News Letter (1995 - September) No. 12), Maine Women's Lobby Staff
Maine Women's Publications - All
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Maine Women's Lobby News Letter (1995 - March) No 11, Maine Women's Lobby Staff
Maine Women's Lobby News Letter (1995 - March) No 11, Maine Women's Lobby Staff
Maine Women's Publications - All
No abstract provided.
Solid Waste Management (Swm) Options: The Economics Of Variable Cost And Conventional Pricing Systems In Maine, Stephanie Seguino, Margarita Suarez, Jeff Young, Robert Mckay, Christopher Spruce, George Criner
Solid Waste Management (Swm) Options: The Economics Of Variable Cost And Conventional Pricing Systems In Maine, Stephanie Seguino, Margarita Suarez, Jeff Young, Robert Mckay, Christopher Spruce, George Criner
Government & Civic Life
Solid waste management has been influenced by the growing trend to apply market-based incentives to environmental problems. The impetus to reform solid waste management procedures in part stems from the increasing costs associated with solid waste disposal, thus encouraging municipalities to seek innovative ways to reduce solid waste generation. One method adopted by numerous municipalities in Maine is known as variable cost pricing. Alternatively, this system is referred to as unit pricing, volume-based fees, and pay-by-the-bag (PB). Under this system, waste collection fees are based on the volume of solid waste disposal. A household's solid waste disposal costs change with …
Maine Women's Lobby News Letter (1995 - January) No 10, Maine Women's Lobby Staff
Maine Women's Lobby News Letter (1995 - January) No 10, Maine Women's Lobby Staff
Maine Women's Publications - All
No abstract provided.
An Interview With Janet Waldron: Reforming Maine State Government, Janet Waldron
An Interview With Janet Waldron: Reforming Maine State Government, Janet Waldron
Maine Policy Review
This past year Janet Waldron was appointed Commissioner of the Department of Administrative and Financial Services for the State of Maine, planting her firmly in the center of a number of recent Maine state government reform initiatives. In this interview, Waldron discusses some of these current initiatives and in the process, offers a vision of a more streamlined, responsive, and accountable government.
Rethinking Government In Maine, Steve Ballard
Rethinking Government In Maine, Steve Ballard
Maine Policy Review
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Solid Waste Management Options For Maine: The Economics Of Pay-By-The-Bag Systems, Stephanie Seguino, George Criner, Margarita Suarez
Solid Waste Management Options For Maine: The Economics Of Pay-By-The-Bag Systems, Stephanie Seguino, George Criner, Margarita Suarez
Maine Policy Review
State and federal environmental mandates during the last three decades have changed the nature of the debate over solid waste disposal, but not the basic question: What do we do about the garbage we produce? Unlike years past, however, disposal options are now fewer and more costly. This has resulted in a shift in focus away from solutions that simply try to deal with the output of the disposal process—the trash—to those that focus on inputs—reducing the volume of materials going into the waste stream. Among the volume reduction strategies are recycling, which focuses on specific input materials, and volume-based …