"When added to soil, compost enhances soil tilth and fertility, suppresses plant disease, improves the ability of soil to ...

New Yorkers are required to compost all their organic waste under a sanitation department rule that went into effect back in ...

Starting April 1, all food scraps, food-soiled paper and yard waste must be separated from the garbage and set out for composting in New York City.

The star of a press conference at the city dump Thursday afternoon was an unassuming green plastic bag that, in the ...

Curbside composting has been the law of the land since October, but the vast majority of New Yorkers aren’t following the ...

The project started with a simple observation. “We noticed a lot of food waste every day after lunch,” said one Mettawee ...

Massachusetts has a fix: A state regulation requires businesses to keep food out of dumpsters. To help them comply, the state ...

Here’s how to confidently choose which items go in the garbage disposal, recycling bin, compost bin, or trash can.

Confusion about curbside composting has been rising as April 1 approaches. That is when buildings in New York City that don’t ...

New York City’s waste reduction efforts will commence a new phase next week, as the city’s sanitation agency will begin enforcing a law-mandated composting program with fines. Starting April 1, ...