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New Recycling System In Rhode Island

Thursday, December 13, 2012

See Where Johnston's Recycling Goes

Rhode Island Resource Recovery recently added a "virtual tour" of its Materials Recycling Facility to its "Recycle Together RI" website.

  Earlier this year, the town of Johnston received a check from Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation for almost $43,000, representing nearly 2,000 tons of recyclables processed at the Central Landfill over the previous year. That payment also followed the unveiling of a new $17 million recycling system that allows residents to send recyclables to the Landfill without separating them — and this week, RIRRC posted  a "virtual tour" of the Materials Recycling Facility online. The newly-updated MRF is the centerpiece of the new RIRRC initiative called "Recycle Together RI," which aims to increase recycling rates across the state. “From die-hard recyclers to those who are simply curious about what we do here, everyone can learn something …

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