A number of cities around the world now sort their municipal trash, diverting organic matter into giant anaerobic composters that turn it into nutrient-rich soil. Such systems can be very expensive, ...

(Nanowerk News) Like many other nanoparticles, silver nanopartciles (AgNPs) have the potential for release into the environment throughout their life cycle. At the end of their useful life, products ...

City Council considers what a municipal food waste program might look like, and how to implement it The city of Durango is interested in providing municipal composting services to residents, and one ...

BERWYN, Ill. (CBS) – While it may look like garbage, composting is the process of recycling organic materials to fight food waste. If everyone in the U.S. composted, it would be like removing almost 8 ...

Brown compost materials are the carbon-rich backbone that lets your pile heat up, break down efficiently, and ultimately ...

If you buy a smoothie in Portland, Oregon, the drink might come in a compostable plastic cup, a choice a thoughtful owner might make to make their operations more sustainable. You might think, at a ...

Navi Mumbai, Dec 24: A state-registered brand, “Harit Mahacity Compost,” has been approved for the marketing and sale of ...

Then Lt. Gov. Timothy T. Murray checks out the compost at the Bear Path Farm with farm owner William F. Obear during a tour of the farm in 2008. Obear is in his 10th year of working with the town of ...

Ward 5 councilor Patrick Kavey submitted the petition with Ward 6 councilor Dina Lampiasi at Tuesday night’s meeting. “The reason that we did this is just because solid waste costs continue to go up," ...

At the first public hearing on Pittsfield’s plans to overhaul its trash and recycling policy, Dominick Villane, an apartment building property manager, made a point about how food waste affects the ...

Slowly but surely, it now appears, the municipality is building a town-wide program for recycling food scraps. Five new ...