Waste Management

R.I.’s First Digester Expected to Take Food Scrap in June

City Dweller Builds Composting with Science and Art

New Technologies, Techniques Reduce Food Waste

Local Youth Movement Uses Social Media to Shame Trashy Businesses

Tires are pesky things to dispose of, and the United States generates about 300 million used tires a year, or about one per person.

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Central Landfill Investigation Uncovers Waste

Feed Your Lawn with Compost, Not Chemicals

Anaerobic Digesters Slow to Come Online in Rhode Island

Last year Rhode Island state law required electronics manufacturers to pay for every state resident to recycle 5 pounds of electronic waste (e-waste). It turned out, Rhode Islanders had more computers, monitors and TVs lurking in their closets and basements than the people who set the 5-pound target expected.

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Global Trends and Bad Local Behavior Limit Recycling’s Profitability

Small-Scale Composting in R.I. About to Get Easier

R.I. Needs to Raise Cost of Municipal Trash Disposal

JOHNSTON, R.I. — Food-service and rigid-packaging polystyrene foam, commonly known as Styrofoam, is now recyclable in Rhode Island. This material still isn’t accepted in curbside recycling bins, but is recycled when properly sorted and driven to the Central Landfill’s small-vehicle disposal area.

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Providence Expands Effort to Compost Food Scrap

Host of R.I.’s State Landfill Does Little to Divert Waste

Central Landfill Keeps R.I. Incinerator Debate Alive

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Foam: Better to Recycle or Ban?

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