Greenwood Credit union provided shredding of documents and the recycling of electronics at no charge to its members and whoever else stopped by their office on Post Road Saturday from 9 to noon. … more

He has yet to be named although Bottle Buddy and Robot Bob has been suggested, but the sculpture at the inside door to the Warwick Public Library is getting plenty of attention. He stands at least … more

Christmas trees are starting to pile up at the city compost station behind Mickey Stevens Sports Complex on Sandy Lane. The next chapter in the lives of the trees is a meeting with the grinder that … more

One of the biggest issues facing the City the past couple of years has been trash and recycling collections.  On Monday the Council took a first step to potentially address the issue, voting … more

By ALEX MALM While enabling legislation that would allow “advanced recycling” passed the Senate, it was announced on Tuesday afternoon that the House wouldn’t be taking up the … more

The Senate approved Tuesday a resolution sponsored by Sen. Joshua Miller asking the Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation and the Department of Environmental Management to study ways to expand … more

By ALEX MALM The reserves are on the way and they could be here next week. On Monday the City Council approved the expenditure of $579,200 for the purchase of two sanitation trucks from Ohio. This will increase the city's fleet of operable trucks to more

By JOHN HOWELL Expect to see fewer green and blue recycling bins at street side as part of the city's effort to deal with an aging fleet of sanitation trucks and a lack of parts to repair them. In robocalls, emails and social media posts, Mayor Frank more

By JOHN HOWELL With seven sanitation trucks out of commission and two to three months before the delivery of two new trucks, Mayor Frank Picozzi is faced with one of the biggest challenges of his administration - how to maintain weekly collections of more

By ZACHARY TAYLOR With the Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee moving its proposed bag ban, Rhode Island is one step closer to ensuring that all plastic bags allowed in the state will all end up in one place, according to the Rhode Island more

To the Editor: Kent County is poised to become the next Flint, MI. Michigan public officials had the laudable goal of saving some tax dollars, but it devolved into a public-works tragedy because, it was determined - after irreversible damage to human more