This is long overdue. Versions of the Plastic Waste Reduction Act have been introduced annually in the General Assembly for nearly a decade now, while plastic pollution, particularly in the oceans, has only gotten worse. Forget reusing and recycling, the new mantra is: Reduce, reduce, reduce. It turns out that the concept of plastic recycling …
A statewide ban on single-use plastic bags was one of several bills before the R. I. Senate Committee on Environment and Agriculture on Wednesday. This was one of a group of bills aimed at reducing plastic pollution and waste which would: Prohibit the release of balloons filled with any gas lighter than air. Require school …
Plastics! That is the Earth Day theme this year and one I have been writing about for years (here and here). Not only can’t recycling solve this, but it has been estimated that less than 10% of plastics are even getting recycled. The big problem is that plastic molecules do not decompose; they do, however, …
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 …