Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Reducing food waste can help reduce emissions from the food's creation and its decomposition in disposal streams. (Getty Images) ...

I kept a compost bin going for almost three years. I turned it, watered it, balanced my greens and browns, and still ended up ...

MONTPELIER The Natural Resources Board has told Karl Hammer to halt operations at Vermont Compost Co., located on Main Street a few miles outside of the state's capital city. Hammer's company, along ...

The Directorate of Public Works Environmental Division is turning yesterday’s leftovers into a valuable resource ...

Members of the Mantua Urban Peace Garden squeeze in just about every crop they can cultivate: tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, lettuces, herbs, strawberries, potatoes, beans, and watermelons. But only ...

Where there’s a will, there’s not always a way. Ben Stanger has composted his whole life, starting with a backyard bin when he was a child. But when he wanted to expand his composting efforts and ...

A $15 million federal grant to establish or expand composting operations in five Southeast Alaska communities, including Juneau, is being awarded to the Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian ...

TOWN OF ULSTER, N.Y. — The Ulster County Resource Recovery Agency will negotiate a contract for services needed to support a county application for a $2 million state grant to have all organic waste ...

The 20th annual Vermont Organics Recycling Summit (VORS) will be held on Wednesday, March 25, at the Montpelier Performing Arts Hub. It is organized by the Composting Association ...