PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Between September and November 2024, volunteers from Save the Bay collected 114,914 pieces of trash from Rhode Island’s shores. All those pieces of trash add up to ...

It's about 100 yards long, 30 yards wide, and a couple yards deep with trash." The growing litter problem inspired Kirkham to form the East Bay Trash Pandas, a group of volunteers dedicated to ...

In just its first few weeks in operation, a low-tech water wheel has already scooped up enough trash and debris from the Upper Newport Bay to fill nine dumpsters — including a mattress and more ...