At a once-vacant brownfield on the South Side of Chicago, a semitruck backed into an unassuming warehouse and unloaded a colorful batch of food scraps and spoiled products. The discards soon ended up ...

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At a once-vacant brownfield on the South Side of Chicago, a semitruck backed into an unassuming warehouse and unloaded a colorful batch of food scraps and spoiled products. The discards soon ended up ...

Composting is a great at-home project. Learn what materials you should compost, how to start a compost, and get a free ...

I write this on Earth Day and I am thinking about manure. This late Easter and cold spring have delayed my digging in the dirt by a few weeks, and now I am ready to get out there and fix that.

All food waste must be in a bin with a tightfitting lid. The city has trucks that hold compost on one side and regular trash on the other.Credit...Sara Hylton for The New York Times Yard waste and ...

You can also cover the top of your compost with a tarp to keep moisture in. Some composting bins will come with their own lid, but if you’re DIY-ing your compost bin, this method is a good idea. Let ...

you may want to consider composting those food scraps. It’s easier than ever if you live in D.C. The city’s Department of Public Works has placed 30 “Food Waste Smart Bins” at various ...

They must now separate food waste into compost bins or face new fines imposed by the city’s garbage police, who will be digging through trash looking for verboten coffee grounds and onion peels.

The city of San Diego is planning to roll out a new batch of trash and recycling bins fitted with RFID (radio frequency identification) microchips. These are the same chips that are already embedded ...