Composting is the most Earth-friendly way to dispose of food waste and it's easy to get started. Composting can have many benefits, such as reducing food waste, promoting healthy plant growth, ...

AUSTIN, Texas — As Central Texans look for ways to reduce their environmental impact this Earth Day, one local entrepreneur is turning everyday food scraps into something more sustainable — and ...

Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas throws a tangerine peel into one of the new recycling bins now at community centers, municipal buildings and fire stations around the city. In a new partnership with a ...

In Albuquerque’s South Valley, workers are transforming spoiled food into hundreds of pounds of life-giving compost. Soilutions — New Mexico’s largest compost, soil and mulch manufacturer — has ...

HELP THEM DECORATE THE TRUCK. IN ALBUQUERQUE, SOUTH VALLEY, ONE LOCAL COMPANY IS KEEPING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF POUNDS OF FOOD OUT OF THE LANDFILL EVERY WEEK, TURNING IT INTO SOMETHING YOUR YARD CAN ...

The United Nations reports that food waste contributes to 8% to 10% of global greenhouse gas emissions. If it were its own country, it would be the third-largest contributor of greenhouse gas ...

DALLESPORT — For Pierce Louis, work is a dirty business. As co-owner and co-founder of Dirt Hugger, a Dallesport commercial composting and landscape supply company, Louis has spent the past 16 years ...

Denali’s innovation makes it easier for retailers to compost unsold food items. Walmart is closing the loop on food waste—by turning it into a marketable product on its own shelves. The retail giant ...

Just one week of the food waste amassed by all M’tucci’s restaurants could produce enough compost to fill a large tract of Albuquerque farmland, according to M’tucci’s Restaurants brand manager Howie ...

SOUTH BEND — Yard waste season in South Bend is under way, but there’s a lot that happens behind the scenes to provide untreated compost and mulch. The Tribune took a tour of the Organic Resources ...