Get outta the house tonight

7:18AM ON 07/14/2008
BY Dave Segal

State landfill announces free tours of facility:

Do you ever wonder where your trash goes? Or those recycled bottles and cans?

Now anyone can see what happens in a tour of the state Central Landfill, in Johnston, an eye opener that Rhode Island Monthly magazine has called “the best field trip in Rhode Island” for schoolchildren.

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4 Comments on “ Get outta the house tonight ”

July 14th, 2008 at 7:46AM
Frymaster Says:

I’ve been to a lot of dumps, er, landfills, er, resource recovery stations, er, dumps. Anywho, that one up on the hill in Johnston is by far the cleanest, best organized I’ve encountered.

And, for fun, my bike route up and around that hill. I call it the Dumpmaster route.

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July 14th, 2008 at 7:59AM
newby Says:

I know a 5th grade teacher in Central Falls who takes her students each year. It might have kind of scared me to think about as a kid, especially after that factoid about miles of used diapers stretching to the moon and back- but yes, a great place to halp kids to realize what happens when you throw stuff away.

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July 14th, 2008 at 9:36AM
Beth Comery Says:

Everyone should go see this place. Good program.

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July 14th, 2008 at 11:10AM
matthew Says:

I went in fifth grade and it was awesome. Especially the part where the bus rode partway up the hill.

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