Today’s question comes from a listener here in Rhode Island. They’ve been following local efforts to start a deposit recycling program for bottles and cans like some other states have, and they’re wondering, do these incentive programs really work?
Mar 26, 2024 • 3 min 58 sec
With spring cleaning right around the corner, we’re looking into ways you can keep your damaged fabrics out of the landfill.
Mar 5, 2024 • 3 min 46 sec
Today, we have a question from a listener named Susan. She wants to know about gift wrapping: “Is it better for the environment to wrap Christmas gifts in fabric you can use over again rather than paper?”
Dec 18, 2023 • 3 min 23 sec
Drink from a can! It takes fewer emissions to make an aluminum can and fewer emissions to deliver beer that comes in cans. Cans are also more likely to be recycled, it takes less energy to recycle them, and they're safer to pick up if they've been thrown on the ground.
Jul 6, 2020 • 1 min 3 sec
Why are so many people talking about banning straws right now, and how much of a difference does skipping the straw actually make?
Sep 2, 2019 • 0 min 44 sec
Is it true that Rhode Island’s glass isn’t getting recycled?
Aug 12, 2019 • 0 min 13 sec
Since China recently stopped taking recycling from the US, does our recycling here in Rhode Island have somewhere to go?
Aug 5, 2019 • 0 min 26 sec