Avondale Estates’ free composting pilot program has officially come to a close with a total of 136,415 pounds of food being ...

The EPA awarded Wasatch Integrated Waste Management District a $3.4 million grant. The grant will expand composting capacity and enhance curbside organic services. The project aims to reduce emissions ...

In this video, Mike G explains the composting process and its importance in reducing food waste. He shares his own food scrap ...

Adding more browns, like dry leaves or paper, is often suggested as a fix for smelly compost. It does help balance out wet, ...

The Composting Consortium says EPR has been positioned as a tailwind for recycling, but compostable packaging, which helps to divert food scraps and reduce greenhouse gas emissions in landfills, is ...

Turning leftover pumpkins into fertilizer gives your garden a natural nutrient boost while keeping food waste out of landfills. Pumpkin scraps release vitamins and minerals like potassium, phosphorus, ...

New Jersey could be the 14th state to allow human composting. Advocates say the option is more eco-friendly than burial or cremation. New Jersey resident Jayme Strasburger chose to compost her mother ...

Composting requires the right balance of new materials, water and heat to keep the microorganisms in your pile healthy and happy. Adobe Stock Image When gardeners ...

“When people see the composting process up close—when they hold the finished product in their hands—they’re far more likely to separate their food scraps at home.” A May 2024 rally outside City Hall ...

There’s a yardstick among gardeners that good, rich soil with lots of actively decaying organic matter in it should have about a dozen or more earthworms (Lumbricus terrestris) in each cubic foot. But ...

It doesn’t take a lot of time or investment to create worm bins filled with red wigglers that will break down food scraps into rich compost for the garden. There’s a yardstick among gardeners that ...