We eat a lot of fruit and veggies in our house, which means that we have a lot of scraps left over — banana peels, strawberry stems, carrot tops, and coffee grounds, to name a few — and for the past ...

Want to take the garbage out once or twice a month instead of every few days? A smart food recycler is your secret weapon for a greener kitchen. Pamela is a freelance food and travel writer based in ...

With all the daily struggles we face, worrying about the soil might not seem to be a priority. However, at present, cropland soil is eroding roughly ten times faster than it can be replenished. This ...

TAMPA, Fla, (BLOOM) – In kitchens across the country, a new trend is taking root—at-home composting. As more people look for ways to reduce waste and live sustainably, modern composting systems are ...

Originally hailing from Troy, Ohio, Ry Crist is a writer, a text-based adventure connoisseur, a lover of terrible movies and an enthusiastic yet mediocre cook. A CNET editor from 2013 to 2024, Ry's ...

Pilot project underway in Saugeen Shores A FoodCycler pilot project is underway which uses a table top composter to keep food waste out of landfills. CTV’s Scott Miller reports. Nancy White loaded ...

Kristin Hostetter is the Head of Sustainability at Outside Interactive, Inc. and the resident sustainability columnist on Outside Online. Hostetter has worked as a journalist in the outdoor industry ...

As one of the most widely used bioplastics in the world, polylactic acid (PLA) degrades very little outside of industrial composters. Researchers have developed an enzyme and then integrated it into ...

Most certified "home-compostable" plastics do not fully break down in home compost bins, a UK citizen science project has found. More than 900 people across the UK participated in a home composting ...