I stashed all my trash for one week to assess where I could make sustainable swaps. Here’s what I changed to reduce my ...

Composting is the process of breaking down organic matter into nutrient-rich material. The result—compost—enhances soil nutrition, improving conditions for your garden and houseplants and ...

A team of researchers searching for safe, sustainable, and biodegradable alternatives to plastics presented a new type of transparent material at the American Chemical Society (ACS) spring meeting, ...

Lautenbach’s son Tevon is now the general manager of the fully permitted composting facility that processes organic materials collected by Lautenbach Recycling. Across the country, C&D recyclers are ...

(More on this later.) But perhaps more importantly: Diverting material from landfills is good for the environment. “Composting organic waste helps reduce greenhouse gas emissions that are released ...

In Columbus, the city takes half of these dirt-like biosolids to a composting facility nearby, where they are mixed with other organic material like trees and leaves and turned into compost after ...