Composting is a natural process that allows microbes to convert yard waste and kitchen scraps to a useful organic soil amendment or mulch. Gardeners have abundant materials that can be used for ...

It takes time to make compost. Organic matter requires about two to three months to break down in hot compost piles, and up to a year or more in cold composting systems. But if you add a compost ...

In vermicomposters like the Bionicraft (pictured), worms turn your fruit and vegetable scraps into high-quality fertilizer, but they generally aren’t big fans of meats and oily leftovers. Composting ...

Every banana peel, coffee filter and wilted lettuce leaf you toss in the trash ends up somewhere — and more often than not, that somewhere is a landfill. But there is a simple, practical alternative ...

ZEPHYR COVE, Nev. — During Zephyr Cove Elementary School’s back to school night, South Tahoe Refuse recognized the parent’s club with an award for the work it put into to start, manage and, now, ...

What weighs as much as a refrigerator and gets thrown away every year? Your food waste! In Leon County an estimated 30,000 tons of food gets sent to the landfill every year, which averages out to 200 ...