Did you know that nearly 30% of the waste thrown into household bins is organic material that could be composted This ...

In the first 10 days after the law went into effect, the Sanitation Department slammed property owners with nearly 2,500 ...

Compost lovers can pick up 40-pound bags from the 77-28 19th Avenue facility starting on Wednesdays. The new 77-28 19th Avenue facility will be the third giveaway site. The original opened in Dutch ...

Mountains of muck, those stinky black spots of mixed garbage ... composting mechanism has meant that a big chunk of the wet waste gets mixed up and eventually ends up in landfills. Can the ...

Heather Billings, food waste reduction ... a 23-gallon trash can into which went tomato tops and other food scraps. Then came the dumpster inspection. Could anything in there go to compost?

Failing to separate residential compost waste, which includes leaves, grass and food scraps, will now subject the violator to a fine.

It couldn’t be easier, and it’s the best way to help keep our city clean and unappealing to rats and other critters.

Buildings across New York City are now required to separate trash from compost, and one property owner says he feels the need ...

I think there’s a lot of opportunities to be more sustainable and hopefully also reduce costs and lengthen out time for that ...

This is about residents of the state of Connecticut changing their behavior and making better decisions about material management, from their homes to the curb to the transfer station,” said ...

Connecticut produces more trash ... compost and recycling programs, Mushinsky said she believes Connecticut can again reach a point where it can handle whatever trash is left over, whether through ...

Starting April 1, buildings that don’t separate compostable waste ... composting bins” on many street corners. But you’ll have to sign up for the NYC Compost app to open them. You can ...