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Trash from Northern Ireland will continue to wash up on our shores for weeks After bales of shredded plastic were dumped into the Penobscot Bay Mainers are asking, why are we taking out-of-state trash? Author: Sam Rogers (NEWS CENTER Maine) Published: 7:42 PM EST December 16, 2020 Updated: 7:42 PM EST December 16, 2020 SEARSPORT, Maine — When you visit Sears Island, you expect to explore walking trails and beaches, not stumble upon trash. But that's exactly what island-goers saw on the shoreline last week. “I saw a picture that someone had p...

To our readers, Maltese cargo ship bound for PERC dumps plastic in Penobscot BayCommunity rallies around cleanup effort By Fran Gonzalez | Dec 15, 2020 Photo by: Fran Gonzalez Gary Allen of Bar Harbor picks up bits of plastic from the shores of Sears Island Dec. 10. He played music from his portable sound system to make the work fun. Searsport — An unknown amount of plastic debris from a Maltese cargo ship spilled into Penobscot Bay in late November, and shreds of the loose material have been washing ashore on Sears Island this week. Approximately 10,000 metric tons of a plas...

An off-loading accident in Searsport dropped two bales of shredding plastic into the water which washed up on Sears Island. Crews and volunteers are cleaning it up