{"id":7593,"date":"2015-07-13T09:09:00","date_gmt":"2015-07-13T13:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/?p=7593"},"modified":"2017-02-07T15:15:37","modified_gmt":"2017-02-07T20:15:37","slug":"researchers-explore-the-challenge-of-solid-waste-management-in-maine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/2015\/07\/13\/researchers-explore-the-challenge-of-solid-waste-management-in-maine\/","title":{"rendered":"Researchers Explore the Challenge of Solid Waste Management In Maine"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Old<\/a>Often hidden from both sight and mind, solid waste is a complex and cross\u2010cutting sustainability challenge in Maine. Researchers at 91¸£Àû are exploring sustainable options that address long-term environmental, social and financial concerns as solid waste accumulates at a clip.<\/p>\n

Cindy Isenhour, Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology, is leading a team of researchers to explore sustainable options for materials and waste management in the state of Maine. Their project includes collaboration with a diverse group of stakeholders, such as waste haulers, landfill operators, municipalities, regulators and legislators.<\/p>\n

Working on a year-long project with the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions, Isenhour and colleagues are engaged with stakeholders all over the state to identify cost effective, fair and environmentally sound strategies to prevent the waste of valuable resources. Materials recovery, reduction of organic waste in landfills and many other sustainability-related topics are part of the discussion. See more…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Often hidden from both sight and mind, solid waste is a complex and cross\u2010cutting sustainability challenge in Maine. Researchers at 91¸£Àû are exploring sustainable options that address long-term environmental, social and financial concerns as solid waste accumulates at a clip. Cindy Isenhour, Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology, is leading a team of researchers […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":957,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","spc_primary_category":0},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":3,"label":"News"}]},"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"mitchellcenter","author_link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/author\/mitchellcenter\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":3,"name":"News","slug":"news","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":3,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":613,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":3,"category_count":613,"category_description":"","cat_name":"News","category_nicename":"news","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/957"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7593"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7593\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11645,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7593\/revisions\/11645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}