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Next week, Rhode Island Superior Court Judge Brian Stern will hold a hearing on the “unregulated” Rhode Island Recycled Metals (RIRM) to hear a motion, that if approved, will start an environmental investigation.

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The owners of Rhode Island Recycled Metals (RIRM), which has been entangled in environmental controversies for more than a decade, have purchased the adjacent parcel of land.

The scene looks like a battlefield in Ukraine -- acres and acres spewed with discarded vehicles, metal, concrete, and waste tires. But the site is on Providence's waterfront at the head of Narragansett Bay.