Composting involves decomposing organic materials to create nutrient-rich soil. A compost pile needs a balance of green (nitrogen-rich) and brown (carbon-rich) materials. Maintaining proper ...

New York City starts enforcing its new compost rules today. All food scraps, food-soiled paper and yard waste must be separated from the garbage and set out for composting. The new rules took ...

Mandatory composting in New York City is a garbage idea that somehow keeps getting recycled even though it trashes New Yorkers’ daily lives. On Thursday, members of the City Council’s Common ...

Composting can significantly extend the life of landfills, as a third of municipal solid waste is compostable. Farmers and gardeners benefit from compost as it improves soil health, water ...

Big Apple residents are legally required to compost their garbage, but steaming landlords say they’re getting the rotten end of the deal by being forced into dumpster diving to comply.

LISTOWEL - Although North Perth offers many waste collection and recycling services, there are limited solutions to divert organic waste items from the landfill. “We have some options that are ...

Then came the dumpster inspection. Could anything in there go to compost? Ms. Billings, a consultant contracted by the state government, took notes, snapped pictures and peered behind the bar to ...

California legislators aren’t throwing away a bill on composting. In fact, a bill meant to make it easier for farms, vineyards and smaller-scale community farms and gardens to do their own ...

But even as the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) claims to tackle them with a steep 36% garbage tax, a workable way out remains largely ignored: Wet waste composting. Localised ward-level ...