An orange peel hits the trash—and just like that, valuable plant fuel gets tossed away. That moment happens every day in ...

Why upstream organics collection is the missing link in participation and contamination control.
 By Michelle Horneff-Cohen, ...

Compost at home? Don’t I have to send all my kitchen scraps to the curb in my green waste bin? Nope! They don’t ALL have to go into your green bin. They just can’t go into the landfill, according to ...

The best compost bins can handle everything from your morning coffee and eggs, to the veggie stir fry you had for dinner and any additional scraps, peels and grounds over the course of a day.

If your garden soil is sandy and light, adding compost will help retain moisture and nutrients. If your soil is heavy with ...

Avon’s commercial composting pilot program, which kicked off in November, is already diverting a significant amount of waste ...

The howls on social media have been fierce since the state started mandating that food waste stay out of garbage destined for the landfill. But here’s a confession from a longtime composter: Putting ...

Traditional composting is a long process. It can take six months to more than a year to make usable compost for your garden. This is fine if you have the time and keep the process going continuously, ...

A student-led environmental club at Flagstaff Academy Charter School has launched a composting initiative, diverting 120 ...