Composting is growing across the U.S. as food waste and landfill concerns mount, but experts say major obstacles remain ...

A new study shows that combining biochar with beneficial microbes can significantly speed up composting of municipal solid ...

BERWYN, Ill. (CBS) – While it may look like garbage, composting is the process of recycling organic materials to fight food waste. If everyone in the U.S. composted, it would be like removing almost 8 ...

Decomposing food scraps at Bennett Compost in Northeast Philadelphia. Millions of tons of food waste end up in landfills each year. But alternatives like composting, anaerobic digestion and even ...

HOUSTON — Houston City Council is moving forward with an effort to improve food waste composting as the city grapples with limited landfill space. The council approved an item to give Solid Waste ...

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 ...

BRATTLEBORO — Upgrades to a composting facility at the Windham Solid Waste Management District are being hailed for their innovation and efficiency. "These enhancements double this facility's ...

CONCORD, N.H. — For Albert Diemand, it all began with a composting toilet. Not everyone would have regarded the invention with wonder and fascination, but Diemand did. And it made him wonder, if there ...

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 ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Environmental advocates and farmers gathered in Lexington this week for the second annual Kentucky Composting Conference. The goal of the conference is to seek solutions to a ...