Learn how large-scale composting and organics diversion reduce landfill waste, cut methane emissions, and create valuable ...

Last week, David White closed the books on a grant-funded composting initiative, ending a two-year program based in the Ojai Valley which served schools and community gardens in several local cities.

LARAMIE — Some University of Wyoming students are working to make their campus greener and more sustainable by exploring the costs, benefits and need for large-scale composting — an effort that might ...

When he was working to get the nonprofit NOLA Green Roots up and running a few years ago, Joe Brock kept hitting a barrier. Although the facility where he taught local and out-of-town groups how to ...

Quick reminder: The law called SB 1383 aims to keep food waste out of landfills, where it decomposes and emits the planet-heating greenhouse gas methane. Landfills are California’s third largest ...

Does recycling pay? Benefits accrue in several ways: fewer aluminum cans, glass and paper are entering landfills; charities benefit from the donation of cell phones and cars; and local towns ...

According to the most recent EPA estimates, the average American is responsible for throwing away almost 1,500 pounds of trash annually. Much of this waste falls under reduce, reuse or recycle ...

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Whether driven by law or by local initiative, the result is the same: sustainability is no longer a “nice-to-have”, it is ...

A Bondurant company is getting a state loan to allow it compost material from ethanol plants, chicken growing operations, and wood waste at a facility near Earlham. The DNR’s Tom Anderson says the J.