PROVIDENCE — Is it time, or even feasible, for Rhode Island to create a combined program that recycles both plastic beverage containers and packaging on consumer products?
It’s the question at the heart of the state’s latest analysis laying out five separate scenarios to tackle its growing recycling and litter problem.
Liquor stores, bottling companies, and other businesses have strongly opposed efforts to pass a redemption system for beverage containers, commonly known as the bottle bill, for years…