Waste Management

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

Wastewater Management Boot Camp Provides Basic Training

PROVIDENCE — The business model for OURgrain is as much about recapturing food waste as it is about food science.

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Composting Toilets Relieve Need to Flush Clean Water

Food Donations, Recycling and Digester Energy Drive Stop & Shop Toward Zero Waste

Pint-Sized Activists Sock it to Plastic Straws

Rhode Island is seeing more cities and towns banning plastic shopping bags. ecoRI News gets an update from Dave McLaughlin, executive director of Clean Ocean Access, who spearheaded efforts to pass bans on Aquidneck Island.

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Purity Drives Demand in Fickle Recyclables Market

Providence Bag Ban Clears Subcommittee Hurdle

NYC Adopted Composting. Why Can’t Rhode Island?

This report is a look at the waste-diversion practices at nine Rhode Island institutions. It focuses on the strategies and approaches that colleges and universities have found most helpful in reducing waste.

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Rhode Island Anaerobic Digester Could be Model for Region

Low Participation Trashing Recycling

Mass. Firm Works to Make Medical Waste Cleaner, Safer

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New Company Combats Food Waste by Turning Brewery Byproduct into Low-Gluten Flour

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Waste Diversion On Rhode Island’s College Campuses

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