Food waste is being turned into clean compost on an industrial scale in Shelby County, even through the middle of winter.

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If you’ve just started composting, you might wonder how to speed up compost so it’s completely decomposed and usable. It’s not hard to do! As long as you have the right balance of greens to browns, ...

At the urging of the plastics industry, the USDA is considering allowing materials such as bioplastic cups, coffee pods and compostable plastic bags into the organic compost waste stream. Farmers and ...

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich,. (WPBN/WGTU) - - As Halloween approaches, many are considering how to dispose of their pumpkins sustainably. Carter's Compost in Traverse City offers a solution that not only ...

The promise is simple. A small backyard setup is supposed to transform all sorts of kitchen waste into a nutrient-dense compost, a material so prized by gardeners that they gave it the nickname “black ...

Which compost tumbler is best? You can create nutrient-rich compost with yard and kitchen waste, moisture, time and air. The first three components are readily available, but how do you incorporate ...