Nearly a quarter of waste that ends up in landfills is food waste—which can be used in other ways, such as composting. Composting allows brown waste (leaves and twigs), green waste (grass clippings, ...

Some sources say food scraps and paper account for 50 percent of all municipal solid waste. When Kirsten Jensen read this, she decided her family needed to start composting. But as a busy mom with an ...

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We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. According to the EPA, 95% of the more than 66 million tons of food ...

Whole or carved pumpkins make excellent compost, but not all pumpkins should be composted. Every year, about 1.3 billion pumpkins are thrown in the trash in the United States. However, carved, whole, ...