So far, Illinois only uses 10 percent renewable energy, a rate that’s far behind lawmakers’ goal of 25 percent by 2025 and their goal of 100 percent …
Recognising and celebrating local innovation: it@Cork Leader Awards
The Corporate Social Responsibility Award concentrates on efforts being made by Irish businesses to give back to and help to enhance the …
A Michigan grad builds a model recycling system: BTN LiveBIG
Once upon a time, recyclable materials in the United States were sorted, loaded onto cargo ships and sailed across the Pacific Ocean to a nation with …
Garden Plots: Classes, shows, compost and plant control
The answer (and no surprise for many gardeners) is compost. Compost improves water infiltration, loosens soils, stimulates biological activity, and …
USDA’s silence on climate crisis makes little sense to farmers
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How Durham is using user-testing to design a compost system that works
The problem: Like most municipalities, the city doesn’t offer a residential composting program. And not everyone has the space or desire to build their …
Tim’s Tips: Put all those fallen leaves to work in your yard
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Scientists want to create 3-D map of Earth before climate change ruins it
Humans are affecting Earth’s climate and there’s a wealth of scientific evidence to support that fact. We’ve already begun to see some seriously …
At K 2019, the ‘top priority is sustainability‘
… news conference on Oct. 15. The trade show opens Oct. 16 in Düsseldorf. Dornscheidt said K 2019 has four themes. “The top priority is sustainability …
Sanitation czar argues new compost mandates won’t burden business
Further, she noted that owners can choose to deal with organic matter on-site with an aerobic digester or donate it to a local composting program.