Every elementary school in Newport County could soon have student-led cafeteria food waste recycling programs thanks to ...

Rhode Island School Recycling Project announced it received $750,000 in grants to help every elementary school launch a ...

PROVIDENCE – State legislators have introduced a trio of bills that came out of the work done by a special commission tasked with finding ways to reduce plastic b o ttle waste in Rhode Island. The ...

WARWICK, R.I. (WPRI) — The Rhode Island League of Cities and Towns is teaming up with Rhode Island Resource Recovery to address the growing financial burden improper recycling practices have placed on ...

Residents tossing trash into the recycling bin is costing taxpayers big bucks. Every week, truckloads of recycled waste are dumped into a landfill after getting rejected at Rhode Island Resource ...

PROVIDENCE – If there’s a model for policymakers as they consider the creation of a bottle bill aimed at boosting Rhode Island’s middling recycling rate, it may be Oregon. The West Coast state was the ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Rep. Carol Hagan McEntee has introduced legislation aimed at incentivizing recycling statewide. Hagan McEntee’s legislation — described as a so-called “bottle bill” — would ...

Rhode Island Rep. Carol Hagan McEntee has introduced legislation (2025-H 6207) that would introduce a deposit return system (DRS) for beverage bottles and an extended producer responsibility (EPR) ...