Tag: R.I. Resource Recovery Corp.
New fee schedule begins at Central Landfill in Johnston
PROVIDENCE – To tackle the rising costs of improper recycling, the R.I. Resource Recovery Corp. approved a new fee structure for trash and recyclables...
Restaurants preparing for ban on Styrofoam containers
On one of his rare days off last summer, Scott Kirmil, owner of six Rhode Island eateries, with plans for a seventh, was sitting...
Revamping ‘8% law’ among Smiley’s 2024 legislative priorities
PROVIDENCE – Mayor Brett P. Smiley on Thursday laid out his administration’s 2024 legislative priorities, focusing efforts on revamping the controversial "8% law" regulating...
Providence launches litter removal initiative for public spaces
PROVIDENCE – In an effort to reduce litter, the city is making grants of up to $25,000 available to local organizations to help clean...
Five Questions With David Bordieri
David Bordieri | Waste prevention coordinator, R.I. Resource Recovery Corp.
1. You’ve worked at RIRRC in multiple positions for 30 years. What have you...
PBN on WJAR-TV, July 30, 2018
With its only landfull nearing capacity, Rhode Island is off to a slow start trying to curb food waste
Every week, PBN Editor Mark S....
Winter weather continues to delay anaerobic digester start
JOHNSTON – Anaerobic digestion was meant to be the answer to Rhode Island’s 2016 food-waste ban, but more than six months after the licensure...
Does Rhode Island have right approach on food waste?
Tucked in a residential neighborhood of mostly rural Charlestown is the state’s largest commercial-scale compost-processing facility.
Second-generation Earth Care Farm owner Jayne Merner Senecal, whose...
McKee unveils plan to lower state paint-recycling fees
PROVIDENCE – Lt. Gov. Daniel J. McKee has announced a plan to reduce the paint-recycling fees imposed on consumers by Paint Care, a multimillion-dollar...
R.I. Supreme Court rules in favor of Restivo Monacelli in landfill...
PROVIDENCE - The Rhode Island Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned a $5.7 million Providence County Superior Court judgement against Providence accounting firm Restivo Monacelli...
