Waste Management

High School Students On Mission to Increase School Composting, Reduce Food Waste

Bills Would Boost State Composting Infrastructure

Municipal Recycling Rates Remain Abysmal

Johnston Anaerobic Digester Odors Causing Problems for Neighbors

Most plastic material in Rhode Island isn’t actually getting recycled, it’s getting buried in the landfill with all of the other trash.

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URI Students Display Hundreds of Plastic Bottles on Quad to Support Bottle Bill

When Sally Sells Seashells by the Seashore, Do They End Up in a Landfill?

Woonsocket Wastewater Treatment Facility Target of Class-Action Lawsuit

Fiberglass does not biodegrade, it does not corrode, and it's nearly impossible to recycle into something else. Recycling programs won’t accept it.

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Rhode Island Metals Buys 9-Acre Site Next to Its Allens Avenue Scrapyard

Picking Up Nips Presents Great Challenge for Litter Patrollers

Pediatrician Describes Health Risks and Solutions to Country’s Plastics Problem

Microfibers, defined as tiny slivers of material with a 1:3 ratio of width to length, are “shed,” or thrown off, textiles during the simple movements of using, wearing, and washing them.

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Creative Reuse Center Offers ‘Magic’ with Surplus Materials

End of an Era: R.I.’s Last Municipal Dump Buried

South County Brewer Cans Plastic, Will Switch to Cardboard Beer Toppers

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R.I. Needs Bottle Bill, Better Recycling Laws to Reduce Waste Problem

Innovative R.I. Pilot Program Tackles Problem of Fiberglass Boat Disposal

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Our Clothes are Sending Microplastics into Nature. Science and Industry are Gearing Up to Fight Back

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