Composting is a resourceful way to recycle the food scraps and yard debris you generate at home all year long and manage waste more sustainably. Photo by Bethany O’Hagan I want you all to know about ...

Most of the food scraps and yard waste collected by the city isn’t getting composted. Instead, it’s being turned into fuel to heat people’s homes—and that’s not actually great for the environment, ...

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HUNTINGTON, W.Va.— Marshall University is officially opening the first commercial composting facility in West Virginia with high-level technology setting it a part from universities around the world.

Last week, the USDA and the EPA nudged the issue of food waste back into the public consciousness by launching the U.S. Food Waste Challenge, an initiative to get food manufacturers, processors, and ...

As we come out of the Thanksgiving holiday and head further into the season of holiday meals, it is useful to take a moment to think about where all of those leftover food scraps end up. The ability ...

Worms can compost kitchen scraps and shredded paper much faster than the aerobic compost process utilized in most commercial backyard compost bins. A vermicomposting (worm composting) bin can be built ...

Digestion of water organics slurries with a simple high-temperature aerobic biological treatment system offers advantages such as high rate of oxidation and pathogen destruction. Conservation of the ...

Learning how to compost can be a messy process. When done poorly, it invites pests into your home and creates an imbalanced heap of noxious liquids and gases that are tough to neutralize. However, ...

Earth Repair by Leila Darwish (New Society, 2013) is packed with simple, accessible, and practical tools for healing and regenerating damaged ecosystems from contaminated urban lots to polluted ...