Or you can just keep a cold compost pile and wait six months to a year for things to break down. For standard backyard composting, stick to egg shells, produce, torn-up paper, and yard waste—no meat.

If you’ve ever walked past neatly bagged piles of leaves or branches sitting at the curb, you’ve probably seen something most ...

Composting is growing across the U.S. as food waste and landfill concerns mount, but experts say major obstacles remain ...

The United States has a festering food waste problem going largely unnoticed. In 2021, according to the nonprofit ReFED, 91 million tons of food – half still edible – were thrown away. Only 2% was ...

Community members visited Lenz Enterprises Thursday in Stanwood. The field trip was the first of many this spring for the ...

Start spring cleaning the yard by composting at Resource Renew with this year being teir 25th anniversary of composting food ...

Let's be real, most of us think composting is basically the gold standard of eco-friendly behavior. You're turning your banana peels into nutrient-rich soil, right? Not so fast. Research shows that ...

It takes time and effort to turn yard waste into mulch and compost. It doesn't help when people put trash in their bins. Here ...

A massive composting facility in Lamont is turning everyday food scraps and yard waste into nutrient-rich soil used by ...

Decomposing food scraps at Bennett Compost in Northeast Philadelphia. Millions of tons of food waste end up in landfills each year. But alternatives like composting, anaerobic digestion and even ...

POTSDAM— A local effort to reduce food waste has received nearly $100,000 to expand compost efforts and awareness in St.