Composting is an easy and efficient way to improve the health and growth of your garden. Turning kitchen and garden waste into compost is great for reducing waste and creating nutrient rich soil ...

BRATTLEBORO — Upgrades to a composting facility at the Windham Solid Waste Management District are being hailed for their innovation and efficiency. "These enhancements double this facility's ...

Now you can be part of it. Heather Walker takes a look in our 7Spotlight. Shoveling soil and emptying garbage bins is dirty work, but Francisco Torres is up for the job. Francisco Torres ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A pile of dirt might not be what it seems, especially if it comes from Farmer Pirates Compost. What looks like ordinary soil is actually a blend of vegetable peels ...

A record-breaking 3.8 million pounds of compost was collected in the second week of a new recycling mandate — a number so overwhelming that the city is opening a new site dedicated to the ...

Nothing says spring like a fresh pile of compost. A third compost distribution site is set to open in Queens next week, the city’s sanitation department announced this week. Residents will be ...

A group of Big Apple lawmakers want to toss composting laws in the trash. The City Council’s Common Sense Caucus on Thursday introduced a bill that would reverse mandatory composting just one ...

Failing to separate residential compost waste — including leaves, grass and food scraps — began Tuesday, subjecting the violator to a fine in New York City. The compost must be set out in a ...

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 ...

Not composting your food scraps yet? You can now be fined for that. Starting April 1, New York residents must compost all household food and organic scraps in city-designated compost bins. Technically ...

When Sally Brown finds herself with food scraps and no available compost pile, she takes matters into her own hands. “I’ll surreptitiously put it outside,” said Brown, a research professor ...

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 ...