Most of what goes into U.S. landfills is organic waste, ranging from household food scraps to yard trimmings. That’s a problem because in that environment, organic waste is deprived of oxygen, which ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Composting at home is one of the easiest and ...

Want to try composting but your small space just won’t allow it? More apartment residents are folding food-scrap sorting into everyday cleanup rather than treating ... Read moreThe post Apartment ...

Fall is a perfect time to consider composting. As our days get cooler and shorter, deciduous trees like oaks, maples, and sweetgums will begin to shed their leaves. The swamp chestnut oak in my front ...

On a webinar hosted by the Institute for Local Self-Reliance on Wednesday, stakeholders in Colorado, Florida and Maryland ...

At the first public hearing on Pittsfield’s plans to overhaul its trash and recycling policy, Dominick Villane, an apartment building property manager, made a point about how food waste affects the ...