Waste Management

Lobbyist Blames Ocean State’s Plastic Pollution on Asia

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

They go largely unnoticed as environmentalists, but the unheralded work of wastewater treatment plant operators keeps the unrelenting flow of humanity’s waste from compromising public health and degrading the natural world.

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

Composting Toilets Relieve Need to Flush Clean Water

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

NEWPORT, R.I. — The second-grade class channeled their will to act into a data-driven research project that resulted in a straw ban at the Pell Elementary School.

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Living Without Plastic

Purity Drives Demand in Fickle Recyclables Market

Providence Bag Ban Clears Subcommittee Hurdle

It only took three years for New York City, with a population of 8.5 million, to launch a comprehensive composting program for homes, businesses, and schools.

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Waste Diversion On Rhode Island’s College Campuses

Rhode Island Anaerobic Digester Could be Model for Region

Low Participation Trashing Recycling

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Wastewater Management Boot Camp Provides Basic Training

Pint-Sized Activists Sock it to Plastic Straws

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NYC Adopted Composting. Why Can’t Rhode Island?

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