While single-use bags labeled as compostable are an alternative for plastic bags, they are not to be disposed of in the green bins used to collect compostable waste, including food scraps and yard ...

Dakota Waste Solutions LLC hopes to begin construction this spring on a “zero-waste” recycling and composting facility in Lakeville. The city’s planning commission recently approved a rezoning request ...

The Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA), Silver Spring, Maryland, and the California Resource Recovery Association (CRRA), Sacramento, California, have announced the launch of their new ...

Down to Earth is a monthly environmental column that explores what it means to live sustainably. Whether it’s a coffee cup, plastic spoon or chip bag, all the trash thrown away on Ohio State’s ...

ENV is transforming wastewater byproducts into high-quality compost at the Lāʻie Water Reclamation Facility, reducing ...

Plastic bottles, food scraps and cardboard boxes don’t just disappear once tossed in the garbage. They might be out of sight, but they’re not out of mind. Instead, they wind up in landfills or foul ...

The University of Michigan’s Office of Campus Sustainability (OCS) announced the expansion of on-campus composting programs in support of their waste reduction initiative. OCS introduced composting ...

A new recycling facility and more food scraps collection could be coming to Arlington as the county revamps its waste-reduction strategy. A proposed Solid Waste Management Plan seeking to divert 90% ...