Disposable Coffee Cup Lifestyle Slow to Change
Dunkin' Donuts, the state’s largest chain of coffee shops, isn’t quite ready to give up its signature polystyrene coffee containers for the sake of the environment. But the 24-hour breakfast and caffeinated beverage giant says it is trying to be somewhat green.
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Attention Sidewalk Shoppers and Dumpster Divers
PROVIDENCE — As college students packed up to leave the city, many of their belongings ended up curbside. During the past few weeks of May, it's not unusual to see couches, desks, floor lamps and small appliances lining the curbs in front of multifamily homes. On campus, overstuffed Dumpsters outside dorms often disgorge their contents.
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