“Composting is the human version of re-creating what Mother Nature does out in the wild”: mixing together organic materials to facilitate healthy decomposition, says Rebecca Louie, founder of ...

Electric composters simplify and speed up the natural composting process, turning food scraps into compost more efficiently than manual composting methods. While traditional composting is a great ...

Misha Golfman, executive director of the Mad River Path Association, said that the toilet is the first of its kind in Vermont ...

Tess Johnson-Kelly took to Instagram to spill the beans on how she keeps her soil rich by collecting the family's feces from the special compost toilet in their home. This means that instead of ...

Campus community members are encouraged to “know before they throw” and learn how to properly recycle and compost on campus. Contamination occurs when material that doesn’t belong in a recycling or ...

PINCKNEY — Sam Baghdadchi hopes a composting system at Pinckney Community High School will inspire future generations of students to practice sustainability. Baghdadchi, a senior at PCHS ...

Those should be discarded in the trash. Composting is an excellent option if your pumpkin doesn't have any of those alterations. This can be done in your backyard or at a local community-based ...

Anderson questions whether a plastic container—which might be recyclable—is preferable to a compostable container, given that many people don’t have access to commercial compost facilities.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — New York City’s composting program is now underway, disgruntling some residents with another pail to put out on garbage night. From Oct. 6 on, all New York City residents ...

Whole or carved pumpkins make excellent compost, but not all pumpkins should be composted. Every year, about 1.3 billion pumpkins are thrown in the trash in the United States. However, carved ...

As of Oct. 6, residents of all five boroughs of New York City must compost their organic waste. To make the task easier, the city Sanitation Department is offering city residents a free compost bin.