The organic solid waste that citizens deposit in brown recycling bins could currently produce the amount of compost needed to satisfy 8% of the nutrients demanded by urban and peri-urban agriculture, ...

Households across the U.S. waste almost 40% of food. These states are working to change that trend.

ROBERT REED CRAWLED UP on a massive pile of food scraps and yard trimmings and sat down. He buried his hands and rooted ...

BRATTLEBORO — A new composting facility at the Windham Solid Waste Management District will double its current capacity. "It's a really small site," said Bob Spencer, executive director at WSWMD. "We ...

Imagine an enormous pile of leftover rice, vegetable scraps, or fruit peels dumped to landfill, slowly rotting and filling nearby communities with an unpleasant smell. But the smell is not the only ...