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Electronics Create Growing Amounts of Toxic Waste
Aluminum is King of Collected Metals in Rhode Island

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Broken Glass Provides Cheap Cover at State Landfill

JOHNSTON, R.I. — “Recycled” Rhode Island glass ends up in the state landfill.

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Recyclables From Restaurants Flows Into Landfill
Compost Grows Food and Community
Veteran Composter Unhappy About Buried Waste

Commercial Waste Buries Central Landfill

JOHNSTON, R.I. — State law mandates that all Rhode Island businesses recycle, but commercial waste represents about 40 percent of what is buried annually in the Central Landfill.

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