According to the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), Oregon household’s throwaway more than 6 pounds of food each week, and 71-percent of the food discarded could have been consumed by a ...

With an estimated 30 to 40 percent of the United States’ food supply ending up as waste, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, food science and horticulture experts teamed up to study if ...

Preston ― David Aldridge brought something to show the Planning and Zoning Commission last Thursday ― a bag of dirt. The bag contained compost created from a pilot food waste composting operation at ...

The use of food waste compost in gardening presents a viable alternative to commercial potting mixes, balancing sustainability and plant health.

So who would think that you could combine fish waste and scrapings from plates in restaurants like Bellisio's into a sweet-smelling, black loamy fertilizer? The composting specialists at the Western ...

The Cedar Rapids Linn County Solid Waste Agency has been named Large-Scale Compost Facility of the Year by the US Composting ...

GREEN BAY − In just under two years, Cory Groshek has grown his Green Bay compost company from a small startup with a handful of clients to a full-fledged business helping residential and commercial ...

Chris Shelar, the diversion manager at KC Can Compost, demonstrates how their collection truck picks up the larger collection bins from the nonprofit's commercial customers who want to compost their ...

A yearslong search for a new site to process much of Sonoma County’s yard and food waste may finally be over, potentially ending the need to haul almost 100,000 tons of organic materials to ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Composting our way to a greener future. The City of Jacksonville is trying a new way to help restaurants keep food waste out of landfills. Sunshine Organics & Compost is the first ...