Turning your food scraps into compost is ideal, but what do you do if you live in a place where composting is impossible? Is it better to throw your food in the trash or down the kitchen disposal? In this case, we don’t really have a clear answer. Neither option is ideal.
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Should You Use A Paper Or Plastic Bag For Your Groceries?
This spring, the Providence City Council passed a ban on plastic bags. Soon, you’ll only find paper and reusable bags at stores in Rhode Island’s capital city. But are paper bags the ideal alternative to plastic? And what’s the environmental impact of making cloth bags?
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Is It Worth It To Wash And Re-use Ziploc Bags?
It feels like the right thing to do- washing and reusing sandwich bags instead of throwing them away- but is it? How much water and energy do we use when we’re cleaning a Ziploc bag? Is it more than what it takes to make a new one?
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What’s The Real Impact Of Plastic Straws?
Why are so many people talking about banning straws right now, and how much of a difference does skipping the straw actually make?
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How Much Of What We Try To Recycle Ends Up Going To The Landfill?
Last year, 60% of Providence’s recycling was so contaminated it had to be thrown in the landfill. But Providence isn’t the only city with recycling problems. About a dozen other cities and towns struggle with putting the right things in the blue bin. And then there are some places who never see their recycling sent to the dump. Why? We look at a recycling inspection program in Central Falls that’s seen some success.
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Does Glass Get Recycled In Rhode Island?
Is it true that Rhode Island’s glass isn’t getting recycled?
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Where Does Our Recycling Go?
Since China recently stopped taking recycling from the US, does our recycling here in Rhode Island have somewhere to go?
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What Can Be Recycled?
What items can be recycled, and what are the most common recycling mistakes?
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Possibly: This Cold House
Can we heat our homes without cooking the planet?
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Possibly: The Future Of Food (Pilot Episode)
This is Possibly , a new partnership between Rhode Island Public Radio and Brown University. You’ve heard it all before: humans are destroying the…