Waste Management

Providence Steps Up Efforts to Reduce Municipal Waste as Central Landfill Raises Tipping Fees

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

A new advocacy group is trying an innovative solution to address an age-old problem: trash.

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Tire Disposal Pesky and Becoming More Expensive

Central Landfill Investigation Uncovers Waste

Feed Your Lawn with Compost, Not Chemicals

JOHNSTON, R.I. — Rhode Island’s first two anaerobic digesters were expected to be up and running by now, based on timelines provided by the owners of each project.

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E-Waste Responsibility Law Needs Improvement

Global Trends and Bad Local Behavior Limit Recycling’s Profitability

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

The $32 a ton it costs Rhode Island municipalities to tip garbage into the Central Landfill in Johnston is artificially low. For each ton of municipal waste buried, the Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation loses $11.

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Foam: Better to Recycle or Ban?

Providence Expands Effort to Compost Food Scrap

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

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Local Youth Movement Uses Social Media to Shame Trashy Businesses

Anaerobic Digesters Slow to Come Online in Rhode Island

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

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