The city of Boulder had the best city residential and commercial recycling and composting rate anywhere in the state, at 52 percent, according to a new report out from the local nonprofit group ...
File: Decomposing food scraps at Bennett Compost in Northeast Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY) This story is part of the WHYY News Climate Desk, bringing you news and solutions for our changing ...
The City of Iowa City plans to expand its composting facility while reducing food waste and greenhouse gas emissions thanks to a recent $4 million U.S. Environmental Protection Agency grant. The ...
Food waste composting in the D.C. region is big business. While the District only recently rolled out a curbside composting program, most of the surrounding suburbs have been tackling the issue for ...
Sep. 14—TRAVERSE CITY — The Michigan Recycling Coalition and the Michigan Organics Council are hosting the Great Michigan Compost Tour around the state this fall. Locally, SEEDS Ecology and Education ...
A TRIAD NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION IS HELPING KEEP OUR ENVIRONMENT CLEAN AND HEALTHY. OUR ADRIANNA HARGROVE SPOKE WITH GROWING HIGH POINT ABOUT HOW THEY’RE EDUCATING PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT ...
Composting is simple. All you need is a kitchen pail, food scraps and a napkin. That’s the trick, Robert Reed said. A paper towel at the bottom of the bin can soak up the moisture and smells, keeping ...
Composting offers a practical, low-cost solution that aligns with waste reduction targets and climate action plans. Garden Organic has developed hands-on, curriculum-linked workshops that make ...
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 ...
Bowdoin is transitioning to a new campuswide office waste collection system where individuals will be responsible for sorting their waste at shared collection areas, rather than using personal ...
A Clark County program to divert food waste from the landfill is striking “black gold” by turning the region’s food scraps into a rich, dark compost capable of adding nutrients back into the soil. We ...
Food waste is an inherent problem of grocery retailers. A 2024 report by ReFED, a nonprofit focused on tackling food waste, estimates that unsold food at the national retail level results in $42.3 ...