Ask Us Anything answers your most outlandish, mind-burning questions—from the everyday things you’ve always wondered to the ...

"So next time you grab a coffee cup labeled 'compostable,' ask yourself: Will it actually be composted? If the answer is no, it’s still trash." ...

You might be familiar with regular garden composting, but have you ever heard of bokashi composting? Hailing from Japan, it is a space-efficient and faster alternative to traditional compost creation, ...

Dear Eartha, I know composting is good for our environment. But outside of making soil healthier for plants, what’s the real deal with composting? How does it actually benefit the community?

New Jersey has become the latest state to allow human composting after death — a concept pitched as an environmentally friendly alternative to burial or cremation that involves turning loved ones into ...

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 ...

Managing drier materials helps prevent your pile from getting too wet and smelly. It also makes starting your compost less of ...