PROVIDENCE – If there’s a model for policymakers as they consider the creation of a bottle bill aimed at boosting Rhode Island’s middling recycling rate, it may be Oregon. The West Coast state was the ...

PROVIDENCE – State legislators have introduced a trio of bills that came out of the work done by a special commission tasked with finding ways to reduce plastic b o ttle waste in Rhode Island. The ...

WARWICK, R.I. (WPRI) — The Rhode Island League of Cities and Towns is teaming up with Rhode Island Resource Recovery to address the growing financial burden improper recycling practices have placed on ...

Providence officials support a bottle bill, citing potential savings of over $600,000 annually in landfill tipping fees due to reduced contamination of recycling loads. Opponents, including beverage ...

Rhode Island Rep. Carol Hagan McEntee has introduced legislation (2025-H 6207) that would introduce a deposit return system (DRS) for beverage bottles and an extended producer responsibility (EPR) ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Rep. Carol Hagan McEntee has introduced legislation aimed at incentivizing recycling statewide. Hagan McEntee’s legislation — described as a so-called “bottle bill” — would ...