In the city of Durham, North Carolina, roughly 30% of the garbage residents throw away is compostable. Two-thirds of that is food scraps (the rest comes from paper products). The problem: Like most ...

Odor is the #1 barrier to composting participation, here is how programs can solve it upstream. By Michelle Horneff-Cohen ...

Wagner Farm is an unusual farm with a very normal problem — waste. In suburban Glenview, Illinois, Wagner is an 18-acre functional farm with livestock and crops. But the property is exceptional since ...

ROCHESTER, Minn — Volunteers from throughout the city of Rochester came out strong for an agricultural compost build day, which months from now will be used by immigrant farmers to feed and support ...

Sami Grover is a writer and self-described “environmental do-gooder,” now advising community organizations. From taking my compost with me when I moved house, to composting the waste produced by the ...

According to Marcus Bridgewater, composting is a lot like driving a car. “You can say driving is just about getting in the car and pressing the gas pedal,” the gardener, CEO of Choice Forward, and ...

You might think it odd that we’d start an article about compost toilets by stating that no such thing exists. But they don’t. Composting is a specific process, one that occurs under specific ...

Members of Green Campus Initiative (GCI), a student-led sustainability group at SUNY-ESF, recently spent some chilly weekend mornings just outside their heated greenhouse. They've been busy putting ...

SCARBOROUGH, Maine -- Hannaford Bros. here has installed a state-of-the-art composting system at its Nashua, N.H., store. It is designed to compost organic waste on site, thereby cutting disposal ...

Composting your food scraps leads to nutrient-rich soil that your garden will love — we asked experts for the best advice on ...

When Rachel Goldstein and Eric Rowland moved to Westbury from Queens last fall, they had three tasks to officially set up their new home — install the internet, set up gas and electric providers, and ...