You probably think about what and how much you throw away – but do you ever stop to think about what you throw it into? If ...

The Treehugger editorial team is a diverse group of experts—with advanced degrees, professional experience, published books, and more—whose expertise spans every corner of the sustainability space. In ...

Just because composting at home is easy doesn’t mean that everyone does it. Yes, organic compost is expensive at the garden center and free when you make it yourself, but if you don’t figure out a ...

These days, many homeowners are trying to reduce food waste and get the most of their food budget. Composting is an excellent way to use food scraps in your home and feed your lawn and plants at the ...

Fallen branches. Pizza boxes. Bomb cyclone cleanup. The remains of a large dinner. What do they all have in common? They go in your compost bin. Compost is organic food and yard waste that’s collected ...

Composting is now mandatory in all five boroughs of New York City. That means that city residents must separate their organic refuse from their ordinary household trash and place it in a separate ...

New Yorkers who don’t separate their organic waste from their household trash could be fined by the Sanitation Department as of Tuesday, April 1. The compost must be put in its own bin and placed at ...

With bigger trash carts, Kansas City is trying to put a lid on litter and dumping problems. But with more trash than ever going to landfills, the city has a long way to go in educating people about ...

NEW YORK (PIX11) – The period to be fined for not composting has taken effect in New York City but aside from putting your scraps in a separate waste bin, New Yorkers will need to put them in a ...