Grass clippings aren't the only yard waste that's ideal for your compost. Your trees naturally shed another material that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Feb. 5—Sen. Jerry McNerney, D-Pleasanton, introduced new environmental legislation on Wednesday that would allow farms and ...

If you’ve already made the switch to a more eco-conscious lifestyle and finally decided to ditch your plastic straws and plastic bags for reusable ones, you might be on the hunt for other things to do ...

Maggots in compost are almost always black soldier fly larvae, and in most bins they’re harmless. Finding a modest number of ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... When I cogitate on the methods and outcome of home composting, I often think of the title of the classic compost book, “Let it Rot” by Stu Campbell. The book ...

Filling the bottom of a large planter with lightweight, low-cost materials is an easy way to use less compost, cut costs, and reduce weight, without compromising on plants. Instead of packing the ...

Rev. Houston Cypress, with Love the Everglades Movement, picks up a handful of soil while visiting a Miccosukee Tribe garden on Tuesday, March 4, 2025. The garden will soon benefit from a grant that ...

Reporting for this story was supported by the Climate Equity Reporting Project at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. In the first few years after Monique Figueiredo founded Compostable LA ...