From beekeeping to composting and from making their own soap to growing their own food, this Brisbane-based family have become the blueprint for …
Your compostable cups and containers aren’t reversing the plastic problem
Compostable plastics like PLA do generally compost under the right … While composting PLA products is certainly better for the environment than …
Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District will start handing out compost bins
New compost and recycling bins for the City of Port Alberni are being stored at the Port Alberni Port Authority on Harbour Road. (ELENA RARDON …
New Hampshire adopts new solid waste reduction goal
… from landfills through reuse, recycling and composting. The law requires the Department of Environmental Services to update the state’s solid waste …
Julia Laughlin: Want to have a bountiful fall veggie garden? Start getting ready now
If you do not have access to your own compost, consider purchasing some from a local materials company, municipal composting facility or even getting …
Here’s an easy way to cut down on food waste at home
Urban farmer Andy Vaughn said good compost has a subtle earthy smell. “It should smell like dirt,” Vaughn said. Composting is not just for farmers or …
Are Compostable Products the Best Choice?
Industrial composting facilities maintain higher temperatures than a home or backyard compost pile, but even so, only a small percentage of these …
Natural Way To Go? California Could Legalise Human Composting Soon
People may soon be able to opt for “natural organic reduction”, which is essentially human composting. The draft legislation was introduced for the …
Stinky compost plant could be moved as complaints keep coming in
The Living Earth composting plant is on Metro Place in Bromley. Council head of three waters and waste Helen Beaumont said all the suitable tenders …
Poll: Do you make an effort to reduce your waste because of climate change?
Ways to reduce waste include composting, buying second hand and avoiding single-use packaging. So, today we’re asking: Do you make an effort to …