CompostSoup.com is a brand new online portal that presents valuable information about composting at home, with emphasis on the benefits of the project. Online, February 15, 2012 (Newswire.com) - ...

Let's be real, most of us think composting is basically the gold standard of eco-friendly behavior. You're turning your banana peels into nutrient-rich soil, right? Not so fast. Research shows that ...

Urban composting is one of the most responsible ways cities can recycle food and yard waste, as it reduces waste in landfills, builds healthy soil, and replaces harmful chemical fertilizers. It may ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Marvin Hayes pulled up outside a beige brick home in Baltimore’s leafy Mount ...

Marvin Hayes pulled up outside a beige brick home in Baltimore’s leafy Mount Washington neighborhood in his white cargo van to collect the bucket of food scraps his client had left on the front steps.

When organic materials break down, they create a nutrient rich soil amendment that helps restore farmland and promote sustainable agriculture. It’s important to protect this cycle as the soil that is ...

Most of what goes into U.S. landfills is organic waste, ranging from household food scraps to yard trimmings. That’s a problem because in that environment, organic waste is deprived of oxygen, which ...

Every day, hundreds of pounds of food waste could end up in a landfill. Instead, Kate Tomkins, founder of Chickadee Compost in Surry, turns it into compost. “We pick all those things up, and we bring ...

Food scraps from the Pinecrest Library drop-off location are dumped into a composting truck. D.A. Varela dvarela@miamiherald.com Miami-Dade has been slow to catch up with other states and other ...

When Christine Datz-Romero and her husband started the Lower East Side Ecology Center in 1987, where New Yorkers could drop off paper, metal, glass and plastic for recycling, they beat New York’s ...

Epica Countertop Compost Bin holds 1.3 gallons and is odorless (because of carbon filters). This indoor, countertop, stainless steel bin is perfect for food scraps. It costs $28.95, which is a little ...