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Portland-area schools receive ecomaine recycling grants

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Ecomaine announced the winners of more than $16,000 in grants awarded to 12 Maine schools as part of the company’s 2017 school Recycling Grants Program. The nonprofit regional waste management organization invited schools in its 58 member communities to apply for grants up to $5,000 in value for waste reduction initiatives. Ecomaine said the awards were chosen on such factors as project outline and ease of replication, school commitment, likelihood of success and sustainability and how compelling and worthy the funding was to the project. South Portland High School will be awarded $820 to purchase TerraCycle boxes in an effort to recycle additional materials that would not be sortable for single-sort recycling.