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Secondhand Shops Offer Sustainable Alternatives to Scarily Wasteful Halloween Fashion

Mass. Company Provides ‘Usefull’ Solution to Single-Use Food Containers

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DEM Urges No Contact with Blackstone River After Second Wastewater Leak from Woonsocket Plant

PROVIDENCE — The Rhode Island Senate is scheduled to vote on legislation to exempt so-called “advanced recycling” facilities — which transform used plastic into a reusable commodity by heating it, […]

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Providence Pulls Up Its Bootstraps to Reduce Wasting Food Scrap

URI Looks to Tackle Mounting Plastic Pollution with Land-to-Sea Solutions

DEM Rejects MedRecycler Permit for Medical Waste Facility in West Warwick

PAWTUCKET, R.I. — A recent groundbreaking ceremony hosted by the Narragansett Bay Commission marked the opening of the final phase in the largest public works project ever undertaken in Rhode Island, and likely the project’s last public appearance for some time as the work to benefit the surface estuary heads underground.

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Many Coffee Shops Don’t Want to See Your Mug Just Yet

New River Advocacy Group Works to Nip Pollution Problems

The Possible Future of Septic Systems: A Simpler, Cheaper Nitrogen-Removing Design

During a recent Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management hearing for a waste facility license for MedRecycler-RI, opponents repeatedly questioned why the state is considering allowing an untested system to process medical waste from across New England and New York.

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Preventing Food from Being Wasted Builds Community

Dubious Claims Swirl Around Medical Waste Facility

Proposed Medical Waste Facility has Neighbors on Edge

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Controversial ‘Advanced Recycling’ Facilities Exemption Bill Set for Tuesday Vote

Narragansett Bay Commission Digs into Final Phase of Pollution-Reducing Sewer Overflow Tunnel Project

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Opponents Trash Proposed Medical Waste Facility

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