On trash pickup day in Los Angeles, the orange peels, carrot tops, egg shells and brown paper bags are no longer carted off to the local landfill. Instead, they go to a compost facility called ...

Thank you for that informative Associated Press article on composting (”Save your food scraps, save the Earth: More cities and states look to composting,” Aug. 13). According to Drawdown.org, reducing ...

City Council considers what a municipal food waste program might look like, and how to implement it The city of Durango is interested in providing municipal composting services to residents, and one ...

URBANA, Ill. – Most organic household waste ends up in landfills where it generates methane, a powerful greenhouse gas. Composting food and garden waste instead of sending it to landfills can ...