Many gardeners assume that effective composting demands a dedicated bin, regular turning, and careful layering of materials.

Composting is a great way to send organic food scraps back to the earth, but did you know this common trash item is actually ...

Compost requires a healthy ratio of browns (aka cardboard, paper, twigs, and the like) to greens, and this one overlooked ...

What do you do with the contents of your paper shredder’s refuse bin? Conventional wisdom would say recycle it: It’s paper, ...

Local groups from Illinois, Minnesota, New Mexico, Pennsylvania and beyond have been working on recycling and organics ...

Congressmen Joe Neguse of Colorado, Tim Burchett of Tennesee and Bill Foster of Illinois have introduced legislation to identify national composting infrastructure challenges and improve recycling ...

This story was originally published May 24, 2019. If you’ve lived in Boise for a while now, you know that recycling is one of the areas that get a bit complicated, even for those who have lived here ...

Most food and garden waste in Australia comes from homes. Australian households waste 3.1 million tons of food each year. That’s more than five kilograms each household per week. Over half of all ...

My name is Savannah Shifrin, and I am a Fifth Grade teacher at Avon Elementary School. This month, students worked on editorial essays about planet Earth. At the end of the unit, students nominated ...

You can recycle metal, plastics, paper cartons, glass, paper, books, newspapers, magazines, and cardboard. Find out more specifics by reading the Acceptable Materials for Recycling page. Keep in mind ...