The Charlestown Residential Collection Center (CRCC) has launched two programs on July 1, Single Stream Recycling and Food ...

Like any other kitchen scraps and peelings, onion skins will add valuable nutrients to the soil as they rot down,” she says.

Recology spokesman Robert Reed stood beside the tailgate of a pickup truck loaded with a mound of rich, dark compost during a ...

Which plants like peat-based compost, and which flourish more with manure? Get the dirt on this nutrient-rich soil additive.

Quick to break down and a quality source of phosphorus, potassium, and other nutrients, this often-tossed kitchen scrap can work wonders in your compost bin.

A Kosciusko County elementary school will have a new destination for its organic food scraps beginning next academic year – a ...

Delaware County is planning to spend a nearly $5 million infusion of federal monies to open a countywide composting center in ...

There's some common household waste, which you sweep up from corners and under furniture, that you may be sadly trashing ...

Most people walk past their lawn trimmings, fallen leaves, and garden debris without a second thought. That pile of waste by ...

Water experts say, despite all the recent rain, we are not in the clear when it comes to sustained drought in Austin. https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/still-in ...

A study finds that “preparing” biochar through composting can make it far more effective for improving soil fertility and boosting plant growth. Biochar, a carbon-rich material made by heating biomass ...

Cracked egg shells. Meat bones. Vegetable scraps. Most Long Islanders toss their food scraps in the garbage, where they are then delivered to a landfill or an incinerator. But few municipalities offer ...