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PROVIDENCE — In 2013, then-Rep. Maria Cimini introduced legislation that aimed to make Rhode Island the first state in the nation to ban single-use plastic bags at retail businesses. The bill didn’t make it out of committee. In the years since, bag bans have been enacted in eight states, including three in New England, but the General Assembly has never been able to reach agreement on a law in Rhode Island. On Tuesday, legislators once again introduced a bill that aims to prohibit retailers from providing single-use plastic checkout bags to customers. It is the third year in a row that S...

Taking Care of Business Author: Dec 9, 2020 In 2019, about 4,000 metric tons of low-density polyethylene was made for shrink-wrap in the marine industry.  Adobe Stock What happens to all that plastic shrink-wrap after your boatyard crew pulls it off and launches your boat in the spring? That’s the question the Rhode Island-based nonprofit Clean Ocean Access wants boaters all across the United States to ask as part of its Shrink Wrap Recycling and Life Cycle Analysis program. The program started in April 2019 and just got a boost by way of a partnership with TerraCycle, a New Jersey-based r...

Dartmouth starting forward Knight to grad transfer to Loyola Dartmouth College men's basketball player Chris Knight, right, looks up to the basket around Bryant's Hall Elisias (34) during a Dec. 21, 2019, game at Leede Arena in Hanover, N.H. Chris Knight Modified: 1/2/2021 9:08:58 PM Chris Knight is headed to the Windy City. Knight, who started at forward the last two seasons for the Dartmouth men’s basketball team, told the Valley News on Sunday night that he is grad transferring to Loyola Chicago. A senior, he will graduate from Dartmouth in 2021 and have at least a year of eligibility r...