Monday, February 25, 2008

A Hazardous Afterlife
Americans have a voracious appetite for new technology, but it comes with a cost not included on the price tag: electronic waste is the fastest-growing part of the garbage stream. Much of the equipment contains toxic substances, like mercury, lead and cadmium. And once in landfills and incinerators, the poisons are on their way into soil, water tables and the air. The problem can be controlled, but only if everyone commits to recycling.

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

R.I.’s environmental landscape
Rhode Island needs to do significantly better in recycling its wastes. It now recycles only about a third of the wastes considered recyclable, and that is causing the state’s Central Landfill to fill too rapidly.
To read the report, go to http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/Documents/GreeningRhodeIsland.doc.