Every banana peel, coffee filter and wilted lettuce leaf you toss in the trash ends up somewhere — and more often than not, that somewhere is a landfill. But there is a simple, practical alternative ...

Fall is a perfect time to consider composting. As our days get cooler and shorter, deciduous trees like oaks, maples, and sweetgums will begin to shed their leaves. The swamp chestnut oak in my front ...

Incorporating composting into your gardening routine is a great way to reduce waste and add nutrients and organic matter to your yard. It is basically creating free fertilizer while sending much less ...

Most of what goes into U.S. landfills is organic waste, ranging from household food scraps to yard trimmings. That’s a problem because in that environment, organic waste is deprived of oxygen, which ...

How does climate change affect where and how we live? The energy used to operate buildings results in more than a fourth of global carbon dioxide pollution. And climate change threatens communities ...

Dear Eartha, I collect my food scraps at home but the restaurant I work for doesn’t. I’d like to help them start composting food waste. What should I do? High five for composting your ...

Let’s explore what this mistake is, how to fix it, and best practices for maintaining a pest-free compost system. Composting ...

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All the compost collected in the bins is kept local, serving as fertilizer for farms all around Cincinnati. The program is ...