After using a new straw, you can compost it in your backyard, or even eat it. The straw, made with seaweed, looks and acts like plastic while someone …
Kids ‘work’ as consultants
Besides, they train the junior-students and the support staff at the school on how to segregate waste and compost it. They also visit communities where …
Brea is planning new rules for managing wildlife in the city
Keep your yard from becoming a coyote café by picking up any fallen fruit and keeping a tight cover on your composting container. Besides fruit and …
Regional landfill offering ‘Rappa-Grow’ compost to area residents
An R-Board press release on the topic explains the benefits of the compost, including its ability to soak up water and slowly release it to plants, which …
Bees and backyards the focus of annual Sustainable Living Fair
Besides learning about those ordinances, visitors to the sustainability fair can learn about composting practices. Janesville recently enacted backyard …
City of Red Deer offering composting primer
City of Red Deer is ready to help residents dig in and make compost for their yards and gardens with the annual Composting at Home program.
Michael Gove causes stir drinking out of ‘plastic’ cup while pledging to reduce plastic use
Cleaner Seas Project tweeted: ‘Parliament may be able to access industrial composting but it sends a message to the rest of the country that this is a …
When ‘you reap what you sow’ turns into golden, delicious fruit in Pritchardville yard
Many years ago, living in the country, which means living in unincorporated Beaufort County, she started her own “simple compost method” of organic …
When Panchayats Themselves Flout Waste Disposal Rules
It decided to set up 100 composting pits to take care of the wet waste. This decision helped contain the solid waste problem in the capital city to a …
West Auckland landlord to pay compensation for leasing property without power or running water
The house also did not comply with Auckland Council bylaws, had no shower or running water and had a composting toilet system. “Water was …