Waste Management

Bristol, Barrington to Offer Curbside Composting Pickup in Pilot Program

RIDOH Reports ‘High Rates’ of Compliance with Ban on Styrofoam Takeout Containers

A Complete and Utter Breakdown: That’s the Hope When It Comes to Compostable Packaging

DEM Yet to Issue Operating Permit to Central Landfill Required in 2016 Settlement

ecoRI News decided to conduct a rudimentary experiment to track Rhode Island’s recyclables. Taking inspiration from similar efforts across the nation, we put Apple air tags into empty 20-ounce bottles and dropped them into different residential and commercial recycling bins across the state. Crude, but effective.

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Data Shows Providence’s Poorest Neighborhood Ticketed Most for Recycling Violations

What’s Old Is New Again: Age-Old Practice of Composting Gains Traction in R.I.

Proposed Bill Would Add Teeth to Rhode Island Law Mandating Food Waste Diversion in Schools

Epic Renewal is part of an unofficial composting collaborative that Michael Merner, founder of Earth Care Farm in Charlestown and godfather of Rhode Island composting, unknowingly started in the mid-1980s.

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