The intensification of global agriculture results in significant disposal challenges, with 14 billion tons of crop straw and ...

An Earth Day warning that if City Hall doesn’t get serious very soon about recycling, composting and other zero waste strategies, we’ll never kick this polluting, trash-burning habit [OP-ED] ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (WOOD) — For the rest of 2025, Kalamazoo residents will have a designated food scrap recycling program. The ...

Increased awareness about environmental responsibility and the need to minimize landfill waste have contributed to an increasing interest in composting. Although electric compost maker machines offer ...

Hauled to Chez Panisse’s farm, that cutting board detritus—cilantro stems, onion skins, lemon rinds—would be transformed into ...

Taking your waste and using it to provide nutrient-rich soil for your garden is just one way to reduce your carbon footprint. Melissa Tashjian is the owner of Compost Crusader. They ...

Some basic tips for learning how to compost food scraps in your backyard or get rid of them through community programs.

MANDATORY IN NYC, it read — or else. Or else what? I wondered. Apparently: a $300 fine. It could be less — just $25 to start, ...

Just weeks after NYC started enforcing its new compost rules​, officials say they are pausing some of the fines.

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

The New York City Department of Sanitation has announced the opening of a new compost distribution site in Astoria in ...

For those who have been trashing New York City’s recent composting law, you’ve been given a brief window to get on board — or else the fines will start to roll in. New York City’s waste reduction ...