Making furniture from wood pallets is trending nowadays and very cheap. Pallets have been around for decades as mechanisms ...

Excavated soil from construction sites usually ends up in landfills, but it has great potential. Researchers at the Technical ...

The loyal reader knows that compost is my go-to for almost everything. I use it for mulch and to put the soil food web back into soils. I am a compost nerd. The question: What to do in the winter when ...

Composting toilets are a great idea, but no one likes to think of the waste just sitting there and slowly … fermenting. A new eco-friendly toilet gets around that problem by using mushrooms to ...

Blending kitchen scraps with water makes quick compost to feed plants. Chop up and freeze compostable kitchen waste to make large batches. Pour blender compost around plants, or into trenches, compost ...

Composting as a garden owner is almost a no-brainer. There are so many benefits of composting to your plants, the environment, and soil that it just makes sense to set up a compost bin in your home.

At the urging of the plastics industry, the USDA is considering allowing materials such as bioplastic cups, coffee pods and compostable plastic bags into the organic compost waste stream. Farmers and ...

Tidewater Compost is giving life to local waste. Since launching in June 2022, the company, which recycles and composts residential and commercial food waste, said it has diverted nearly 300,000 ...

“When people see the composting process up close—when they hold the finished product in their hands—they’re far more likely to separate their food scraps at home.” A May 2024 rally outside City Hall ...

SUNSET PARK TO GRAVESEND — OBSERVING THAT THE CITY’S NEW CURBSIDE COMPOSTING LAW HAS STRESSED HER CONSTITUENTS, Councilmember Susan Zhuang (D-43) is pushing to make participation voluntary. She is a ...

Ojai Valley Organics opened earlier this month and C&M Topsoils, another mulch-and-compost-making business, will open soon near Simi Valley. Meanwhile, Peach Hill Soils near Moorpark and Agromin, with ...