Waste Management

Attention Sidewalk Shoppers and Dumpster Divers

One Person’s Trash is Another’s … New Outfit

New England Neighbors Leave Rhode Island in Compost Dust

Getting off the Bottle

This week, Tim Faulkner, Dave Fisher and Frank Carini discuss the pros and cons of single-stream recycling and what this new system will mean for Rhode Islanders when it goes […]

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That Cup Adds Up

Burning and Burying are Bottom-Barrel Fixes

Burning Desire: What Goes On at an Incinerator

PROVIDENCE — They’re illegal in New Delhi, Bangladesh and Portland, Ore., but they’re blowing all over Rhode Island. They’re snagged on fences along the Woonasquatucket River. They’re bobbing in Narragansett Bay. There are likely several in your home or office at this very moment.

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Birds the Latest Problem at Central Landfill

Single-Stream Recycling Doesn’t Mean Free-for-All

Landfill Odors Overpower Thanksgiving

JOHNSTON, R.I. — Excessive rain and a reduced volume of trash are being blamed for strong odors that have triggered a rash of complaints from Central Landfill neighbors.

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The Keurig K-Cup Konundrum

Waste Veggie Oil Thieves Prove Slippery

In San Francisco, Compost Collection is a Treat

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Single-Stream Recycling

Bag It: R.I. Needs to Ban Plastic Tumbleweeds

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State Addressing Landfill Odor Complaints

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