Three options are going before lawmakers to boost RI's recycling of bottles, and two include options to return bottles for a ...

Rhode Island legislators introduced three bills to address plastic bottle waste ... An extended producer responsibility program would make producers responsible for recycling packaging materials.

Artist Cindy Pease Roe’s creative process starts with what washes up on shore. Rope, fishing line, netting and other marine ...

Hagan McEntee’s legislation — described as a so-called “bottle bill” — would impose at 10-cent deposit on the purchase of each bottled or canned beverage. That deposit would then be refunded if the ...

Gum chewing independently arose across different cultures and regions at different times, says Jennifer Mathews, an ...

Our ancestors fought for this land,” says Jair Goporas, 21. He leans forwards into the dim glow of a bare bulb, his eyes ...

In the face of growing environmental concerns and changing market demands, a sustainable office is not just a nice to have; ...

State officials have reported some progress getting people to divert things out of the waste stream, but CT’s trash problem ...

For the past decade, the “Ghost of Reem Island,” as she was referred to in the press, has haunted me.