Stop bagging up your trees! Christmas trees should be stripped bare of all decorations, including tinsel. They should not be put in a bag or covered with netting. So when can Providence residents put their trees out for the city? According to the Providence page of the Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation (RIRRC) website, Christmas …
And not yet. In Providence, your tree will be picked up curbside during the first full two weeks of January. The Rhode Resource Recovery Corporation has a helpful page devoted to Providence-specific instructions on the handling of bulky waste like furniture, appliances, mattresses, etc. The more general, statewide, instructions for preparing any ‘Real Christmas Greenery’ …
(3.14) Indie Cycle will be sponsoring a special e-waste recycling event Saturday at the Hope Artiste Farmers Market. Recyclable electronics include: computers, TV’s, monitors, printers, toner cartridges, small appliances, air conditioners, anything with a wire 9am to 1pm, Saturday, March 14, Hope Artiste, 1005 Main Street, Pawtucket
The ‘Trash Tutorial’ column in the ProJo — written by Sarah Kite, director of recycling services at the Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation (RIRRC) — is archived at the the RIRRC website along with other relevant columns. In yesterday’s column, Kite took up the subject of plastic bags . . . and other plasticky things. …
All you need to know from the RIRRC. Is it a plastic container? Is it 2 gallons or smaller? If so, recycle it. What about those numbers? Disregard the little triangle and numbers completely and instead recycle all plastic containers up to 2 gallons. This includes but is not limited to: mayo, peanut butter, and …
Do NOT recycle boxes used for refrigerated and frozen foods such as; frozen pizza, beer and soda, TV dinners, and buttah. (Still, that Land O’ Lakes box can be “reused” — everybody knows this trick right? My mom showed me.) The Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation wants you to know why this thin cardboard is …
Mommie was right. The Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation has found that wire hangers and other scrap metal have proven too difficult (even dangerous) to handle at the recycling facility. While small scrap metal was accepted in the old program, it always presented serious problems, even in the old facility. Wires, cables, and chains frequently …
Today’s lesson: paper and cardboard. Here’s what goes in the bins (any bin, either color). And remember, you can mix it all up with all the other stuff now. Have fun with it! newspaper/phone books/envelopes/ office paper/spiral notebooks/flattened corrugated boxes/gift bags/paperback books/food boxes (see illustration)/junk mail/paper bags/magazines So what’s new? Wrapping paper and tissue paper. …
Just a reminder about the new rules regarding plastics from the Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation. There are more items that can go in the bins now. In fact, you can now recycle all plastic containers up to 2 gallons. Don’t worry about the numbers or the little triangle. Is it a plastic container? Is …
Rhode Islanders may adopt the new recycling guidelines as soon as they receive in the mail the Resource Recovery brochure (and useful refrigerator magnet) says state recycling coordinator Sarah Kite. (Mark Reynolds writes all about the new system and changes to the plant itself in the Thursday ProJo.) For complete information on what’s the same, …