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Featured
Jan 25, 2019
Lobbyist Blames Ocean State's Plastic Pollution on Asia
Jan 25, 2019

PROVIDENCE — The meeting’s first speaker, a representative of the plastics industry, knew exactly where to place the blame: on foreigners and on alternatives to petroleum products.

Jan 25, 2019
Dec 10, 2018
Grant Partners to Do Dirty Work to Increase Composting on Aquidneck Island
Dec 10, 2018

NEWPORT, R.I. — A new partnership, funded by a $300,000 grant, will bring together the existing composting efforts of Rhodeside Revival, Aquidneck Community Table, and The Compost Plant.

Dec 10, 2018
Oct 10, 2018
Yikes! Residential Food Waste Piling Up
Oct 10, 2018

PROVIDENCE — A recent conference at Rhode Island College addressed ways to stop wasting food resources.

Oct 10, 2018
Composting Toilets Relieve Need to Flush Clean Water
Jul 19, 2018
Composting Toilets Relieve Need to Flush Clean Water
Jul 19, 2018

Today’s composting toilets are not the equivalent of a port-a-potty stashed away in the basement.

Jul 19, 2018
May 14, 2018
Food Donations, Recycling and Digester Energy Drive Stop & Shop Toward Zero Waste
May 14, 2018

FREETOWN, Mass. — Stop & Shop is working toward becoming a zero-waste supermarket chain and much of that waste reduction happens at its mammoth central distribution warehouse north of Fall River.

May 14, 2018
Massachusetts Looks to Improve Its Recycling IQ
Mar 21, 2018
Massachusetts Looks to Improve Its Recycling IQ
Mar 21, 2018

To help cities and towns throughout Massachusetts increase the quality of their residential recycling stream, the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection is offering municipalities an IQ test kit.

Mar 21, 2018

Featured
Mar 19, 2018
Purity Drives Demand in Fickle Recyclables Market
Mar 19, 2018

When most people toss something into their recycling bin, chances are, they don't consider the murky and complex market forces at work that dictate where that item will go and what it's worth after it's picked up at the curb.

Mar 19, 2018
Feb 27, 2018
Providence Bag Ban Clears Subcommittee Hurdle
Feb 27, 2018

PROVIDENCE — The City Council has taken a step closer to enacting a bag ban after a subcommittee recently endorsed the proposal.

Feb 27, 2018
Feb 19, 2018
NYC Adopted Composting. Why Can't Rhode Island?
Feb 19, 2018

It only took three years for New York City, with a population of 8.5 million, to launch a comprehensive composting program for homes, businesses, and schools.

Feb 19, 2018
Jan 3, 2018
Composting Initiatives Growing Across New England
Jan 3, 2018

Rhode Island, however, is the only New England state without a municipal food-scrap collection program.

Jan 3, 2018
Nov 17, 2017
Waste Diversion On Rhode Island’s College Campuses
Nov 17, 2017

This report is a look at the waste-diversion practices at nine Rhode Island institutions. It focuses on the strategies and approaches that colleges and universities have found most helpful in reducing waste.

Nov 17, 2017
Oct 4, 2017
R.I. Anaerobic Digester Could be Model for Region
Oct 4, 2017

JOHNSTON, R.I. — Rhode Island’s first commercial-scale anaerobic digester still isn’t ready, but company officials say it's getting closer to completion. And when it’s operational, New England's largest digester may be a test case for similar facilities in neighboring states with food-diversion laws.

Oct 4, 2017
Jun 6, 2017
Mass. Firm Works to Make Medical Waste Cleaner, Safer
Jun 6, 2017

The disposal of syringes, bandages, sharps containers, dialyzers and other potentially infectious material known as medical waste is expensive, risky and a major source of pollution.

Jun 6, 2017
May 20, 2017
Providence Steps Up Efforts to Reduce Municipal Waste as Central Landfill Raises Tipping Fees
May 20, 2017

JOHNSTON, R.I. — It's been considered a political third rail for years, but on July 1, Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation, the operator of the state's Central Landfill, will be raising tipping fees for the first time since 1992.

May 20, 2017
 
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