Composting isn’t just for leftovers and soiled napkins. You can now compost your body after you die in certain states, turning it into a rich soil. It’s called human composting or natural organic ...

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The push for environmental consciousness has sparked the rise of not only green energy initiatives, but now also the move to "green burials" or "human composting" practices over more traditional ...

In a human composting center, workers place a body into a contained ecosystem along with natural bedding like mulch and hay, and periodically tend to each habitat (similar to how you rotate your ...

A research team led by Prof. Li Dejun from the Institute of Subtropical Agriculture of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has made significant strides in using synthetic microbial communities (SynCom) to ...

Mayor Eric Adams will announce the program at his State of the City address as part of his efforts to improve trash collection and fix New York’s rodent problem. By Dana Rubinstein and Emma G.

The city will pilot automatic, optional curbside pickup across Queens after lagging behind promises to collect compost. By Anne Barnard What happens to food scraps in the garbage is both gross (rats, ...

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