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Title: One million served: Rhode Island`s recycling facility

Abstract

Rhode Island`s landfill and adjacent materials recovery facility (MRF) in Johnston, both owned by the quasi-public Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corp. (RIRRC, Johnston), serve the entire state. The $12-million recycling facility was built in 1989 next to the state`s sole landfill, the Central Landfill, which accepts only in-state trash. The MRF is operated for RIRRC by New England CRInc. (Hampton, N.H.), a unit of Waste Management, Inc. (WMI, Oak Brook, Ill.). It handles a wide variety of materials, from the usual newspaper, cardboard, and mixed containers to new streams such as wood waste, scrap metal, aseptic packaging (milk and juice boxes), and even textiles. State municipalities are in the process of adding many of these new recyclable streams into their curbside collection programs, all of which feed the facility.

Authors:
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
544120
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Waste Age
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 28; Journal Issue: 11; Other Information: PBD: Nov 1997
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION; RESOURCE RECOVERY FACILITIES; WASTE MANAGEMENT; RHODE ISLAND; SOLID WASTES; MUNICIPAL WASTES; PERFORMANCE

Citation Formats

Malloy, M G. One million served: Rhode Island`s recycling facility. United States: N. p., 1997. Web.
Malloy, M G. One million served: Rhode Island`s recycling facility. United States.
Malloy, M G. 1997. "One million served: Rhode Island`s recycling facility". United States.
@article{osti_544120,
title = {One million served: Rhode Island`s recycling facility},
author = {Malloy, M G},
abstractNote = {Rhode Island`s landfill and adjacent materials recovery facility (MRF) in Johnston, both owned by the quasi-public Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corp. (RIRRC, Johnston), serve the entire state. The $12-million recycling facility was built in 1989 next to the state`s sole landfill, the Central Landfill, which accepts only in-state trash. The MRF is operated for RIRRC by New England CRInc. (Hampton, N.H.), a unit of Waste Management, Inc. (WMI, Oak Brook, Ill.). It handles a wide variety of materials, from the usual newspaper, cardboard, and mixed containers to new streams such as wood waste, scrap metal, aseptic packaging (milk and juice boxes), and even textiles. State municipalities are in the process of adding many of these new recyclable streams into their curbside collection programs, all of which feed the facility.},
doi = {},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/544120}, journal = {Waste Age},
number = 11,
volume = 28,
place = {United States},
year = {Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1997},
month = {Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1997}
}