When you toss a soda can, a banana peel or a pizza box in your residential recycling or compost bins, where does it actually go? It could end up in a foundry in Oregon, or a local farm, or, if placed ...

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

Composting turns food waste into dirt that farmers and gardeners can use to nourish their soil. So far, the state has relied mostly on carrots to nudge restaurants to compost. One of them is Ms ...

The lack of a city-wide, well-structured composting mechanism has meant that a big chunk of the wet waste gets mixed up and eventually ends up in landfills. Can the success stories from many ...

The Lansing Food Scraps Drop-Off program began as a pilot last year. Residents can bring their compostable waste to one of ...

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

Mayor Steven M. Fulop and Jersey City’s Division of Recycling announce the latest expansion of the city’s highly successful ...

"This is our busiest time of year." Expert details what actually happens after you toss food scraps and yard waste: 'After a ...

The spring weather has led many people to start work on their lawns. St. Cloud Public Works Assistant Director Dan Legatt ...

Whether it’s your empty soda bottle, food waste from the Cougareat or lawn and bush clippings, it all ends up at BYU’s Material Handling Area.

State officials have reported some progress getting people to divert things out of the waste stream, but CT’s trash problem ...

New York City is pausing most fines for residents who are not composting to give them more time to learn how to sort waste properly.