Waste Management

Reusable Bags Sacrificed to Fight Coronavirus

DEM Issues Conditional Permit to West Warwick Medical-Waste-to-Energy Facility

For Century-Old Pawtucket Business, Recycling is All in the Family

Change to Single-Stream Recycling Hasn’t Paid Off

BARRINGTON, R.I. — Banning plastic retail bags may seem like a simple task. After all, everyone seems to be doing it, as 16 of Rhode Island’s 39 municipalities have adopted such a practice. But it’s really not that simple.

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Mass. Company Turns Old T-Shirts Into Local Jobs

Groundwork Laid for Compost Facility on Brownfield

Brewery Wastewater Discussion Comes to Frothy Head

On a recent Thursday afternoon, Mike Bradlee manned his composting stand at the Armory Farmers Market on the city’s West Side. His goal: to spread the word about the virtues of urban composting.

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New Venture Brings Zero Waste to Communities of Color

Unwelcome Items Trash Desirability of Recyclables

Rhode Island Works to Put Food Scrap to Better Use

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.

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Grant Partners to Do Dirty Work to Increase Composting on Aquidneck Island

New Plastic Pollution Task Force Downplays Recycling

Johnston Digester Plans to Open This Winter … Really

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The Story Behind Rhode Island’s First Bag Ban

Providence Chemist Breaks Down Urban Composting

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Lobbyist Blames Ocean State’s Plastic Pollution on Asia

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