Cox's compost channel

01:00 AM EDT on Wednesday, June 11, 2008 By Talia Buford Journal Staff Writer Cox Communications employee Joel Frenger discards a paper plate in the company cafeteria in West Warwick. Cox, which serves more than 600 meals a day there, has arranged for garbage and paper products to be picked up and converted into compost for landscaping use. The Providence Journal / Kathy Borchers WEST WARWICK — Just about everybody knows that plastics, paper and glass can be recycled and made into something new. But when Cox Communications rolled out a recycling initiative at its local headquarters, in the West Warwick Business Park, it took things a step further. Since April, all half-eaten sandwiches, leftover veggies, apple cores and other food scraps that normally would go into the trash have been funneled into biodegradable bags and... [read full story]