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A law signed by Gov. Janet Mills on July 27 will set up a government panel under the state Department of Environmental Regulation to collect per-package fees from beverage bottlers and other consumer goods marketers. These yet-to-be-determined fees will be distributed to Maine municipalities to allay the cost of landfilling, recycling and other disposal methods. The fees will be structured so that the harder a package is to recycle, the higher the cost. It’s been estimated that Maine pays $6 million a year to dispose of packaging.

An innovative new cardboard box is helping to remove 180,000 polystyrene containers from landfill every year.

Talley’s has worked with packaging company Sealed Air to develop a cardboard box which allows fish to be carried in unrefrigerated vans without the seafood deteriorating.

The move has been praised by the Packaging Forum, as an example of innovative thinking coming to fruition.

The new TempGuard cartons, which are fully recyclable and made from 80 per cent recycled materials, have been rolled out throughout the Talley’s supply chain.