For folks who don’t farm or garden, a malodorous pile of manure is usually a fly-attracting eyesore to be avoided. But most farmers and gardeners won’t turn up their noses at such a deposit; where ...

NORTHBORO – A two-year-old ban on disposal of large amounts of commercial food waste from getting into the state's solid waste stream may be producing some unintended consequences, but top state ...

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Generating less trash is a worthy goal. But we all have to eat, and more food ends up in landfills than any other type of trash material, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. It makes up ...

STATEN ISLAND N.Y. –– The Department of Sanitation (DSNY) kicks off International Compost Awareness Week by unveiling a large-scale compost bagging machine. The Hamer Fischbein 2090, located at the ...

Feb. 5—Sen. Jerry McNerney, D-Pleasanton, introduced new environmental legislation on Wednesday that would allow farms and vineyards to compost large amounts of green waste onsite — now that ...

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Large mulch piles being turned into compost caught fire in stiff north winds late Thursday afternoon at Deschutes Recycling’s hard at Knott Landfill in southeast Bend, prompting a ...

A large compost fire was burning at Maui EKO Systems on Sunday night, though no homes were threatened and no road closures were expected, according to a fire official. At 5:48 p.m. Sunday, ...

Compost Cats, a big composting operation run by University of Arizona students, will close its facility at the San Xavier Co-op Farm for bigger digs. Its temporary closure that is anticipated to start ...

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (KWWL) -- Firefighters and other city officials will likely spend the entire day fighting a large fire that has temporarily closed the compost facility in Cedar Falls. Acting Fire ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Firefighters were called to Maui Eko Systems to help extinguish a large compost fire Sunday, Aug. 25 at 5:48 p.m. Five units responded to the scene. No homes or property is being ...