<B>Rhode Island Assumes MRF Command</B>

The Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corp. assumed responsibility for the daily management of its MRF located in Johnstown, R.I. RIRRC is the quasi-state agency that is responsible for the management of Rhode Island’s solid waste.

"We appreciate and acknowledge the decade of excellent management provided by Waste Management Inc.," says A. Austin Ferland, RIRRC’s chairman and CEO. "Since Resource Recovery will be providing the same quality service to which our customers are familiar with, the transition will be seamless and unnoticeable."

Ferland says the takeover is consistent with the corporation’s desire to control all operations and that a cost savings should be realized with the elimination of a vendor’s profit margin.