Growing up, Amanda Russcol’s parents taught her the importance of a then-unconventional practice: They would save every unused food scrap, from apple cores to eggshells to potato peels, and toss them ...

At SWACO, diverting waste from the Franklin County Sanitary Landfill is at the heart of everything we do. The more waste we can divert through recycling, the more we can help our environment. Our ...

Toss the orange rinds, banana peels and other produce scraps into the compost bin. Mix, repeat. For some, composting is done without a second thought. For others, it's a confusing process that may not ...

It was an enthusiastic bunch of composters that attended a free backyard composting workshop at the Beardsley Community Farm despite the bitterly cold spring weather. Held on April 8, it was the ...

Late in 2022, residents at the east campus of Oaknoll Retirement Community approached Director of Dining Services, Bruce Titus, about the possibility of separating food and other compostable items ...

The city has teamed up with composting service Queen City Commons to put drop-off bins for food scraps in four neighborhoods.

As if living with a carbon footprint wasn’t a nuisance enough, it turns out the way you leave your life can have an impact on the Earth as well. One new funeral option: Human composting, which is ...

Lately I have been cooking a lot. With all this cooking comes a lot of trash – my tall garbage bin can fill up fast – sometimes within two days. The large amount of garbage really struck me as quite ...

A thorough analysis on the environmental impact of municipal composting programs doesn’t appear to exist. Catherine Chertudi said she isn’t aware of such a study. Chertudi is the city of Boise’s solid ...