“Regardless, without access to the (composter), the city’s overall organics processing capacity will be reduced immediately,” Michael Labrecque, …
Compost-based sulphur fertility attracting farmers
Five years into it, Marcel van Staveren is planning to do a second top dressing of a compost/sulphur fertilizer on his acres in southeastern …
Compostable food packaging may contaminate compost
Compostable food containers might not be the environmental boon they appear to be, with a study finding that substances used in their manufacture …
Compostable food containers could release PFAS into environment
Now, researchers reporting in ACS’ Environmental Science & Technology Letters have shown that PFAS can leach from the containers into compost.
Boost your soil’s health with homemade compost
I’ve been collecting and dumping all of my kitchen scraps (except the big composting no-nos of meat, grease and fats) into my tumbler for months and …
Make composting a fun, family project
NEWTON — The Catawba County Library is hosting a workshop about at-home composting and invites the whole family to get involved. The program …
These teen siblings have turned 15000 pounds of food waste into a composting movement
Their charity, back2earth, has so far collected more than 15,000 pounds of food waste and produced more than 4,000 pounds of compost used to …
Six Takeaways from NYC Food Waste Fair
In addition to creating methane emissions, composting food scraps in landfills can also contaminate ground and surface water. Fortunately, there are …
City of Kingston considers composting
KINGSTON – The City of Kingston is exploring ways to divert food waste by composting and is conducting a feasibility study on composting collection …
Mary Ellen Haney – Hamburgers, mint juleps and sharks
Amateur gardeners will be happy to learn that today is “Learn About Composting Day.” By composting, you can avoid the high cost of potting soil and …