Every banana peel, coffee filter and wilted lettuce leaf you toss in the trash ends up somewhere — and more often than not, that somewhere is a landfill. But there is a simple, practical alternative ...

Composting is like turning your garbage into gold — or rather a gardener’s treasure! Composting is taking food scraps and other organic waste that will break down over time and letting it blossom into ...

Landfill space is a precious and possibly finite commodity in an urban area. The Orchard Ridge Landfill in Menomonee Falls, the largest in the state, was close to capacity in 2019 with a pile of waste ...

Almost overnight, the COVID-19 pandemic has transformed many Americans’ relationships with food. To relieve some of the stress associated with shopping safely for groceries and ensure food security, ...

The Cedar Rapids Linn County Solid Waste Agency has been named Large-Scale Compost Facility of the Year by the US Composting ...

Southfield residents have a new option for food scraps by turning them into nutrient-rich compost. They join a number of Oakland County communities recycling food. People can sign up for the free ...

PULASKI, Wis. (WFRV) – Wings, pizza and comfort food are often staples during the Super Bowl—but so is waste. “[There is] about 2,000 tons of food wasted during the Super Bowl every year,” Greener Bay ...

The city of Southfield is encouraging residents to be more mindful about what they throw away by offering an alternative to ...

Around noon at Pemetic Elementary and Tremont Consolidated schools, a line of students forms twice: once to receive lunch, ...

Floodlight and Sentient report on NYC's composting program, which faces challenges despite expanded facilities, with only 10% of compostable waste being captured.