Composting — a term used and promoted by the environmentally minded, but not something all of us are all-knowing about. If ...

A new analysis by a Baruch College professor shows that only 4.6% of all organic waste in the five boroughs was composted ...

Chef George Duran produces his fair share of food scraps -- and when it comes to composting them in the city's new program, he said there have been some real glitches. Olga Ginzburg for NY Post ...

Conversations in and out of the Queens Chronicle office reveal that many borough residents do not know exactly what the ...

This year, New York City public school students will kick off mid-winter break Monday, enjoying the entire week off through ...

To most New Yorkers, a far-away landfill in the Finger Lakes may not be the first issue on their minds. Why does this ...

Duran’s huge kitchen — where he does all of his recipe development — is set up for composting. It was built with four bins — for regular trash ... “For New York, we have a good kitchen ...

If built, it would be the biggest incinerator in the United States, potentially paving the way for other cities and counties to adopt a waste-management method that some scientists say is the least ...

Over time, bacteria break down the scraps to create compost, a soil additive rich in plant nutrients — plus, you end up creating about 50 percent less trash ... In New York City, for example ...