When you make avocado toast, you only use the green flesh of this virtuous fruit. You then throw the avocado pit in the ...

IN THIS WEEK’S GREEN WE ARE AT BEDFORD FIELDS. I’M WITH SEAN O’BRIEN WITH UNH COOPERATIVE EXTENSION. SEAN, WE’RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT COMPOSTING TODAY. AND IT’S THE WINTER. IT’S COLD. IT’S SNOWY. CAN I ...

Fresno County officials say they were “shocked” to learn that compost made from human remains was being spread on public land along the San Joaquin River in Central California. The revelation has ...

Months after the city voted to shutter Beaten Path Compost, Jackson DeWitt still sees yellow compost buckets on doorsteps around Gainesville. After leaving his job as an electrician and joining the ...

The Mamdani administration is enforcing rules that require food and yard scraps to be separated, with fines ranging from $25 to $300. By Hilary Howard It’s time for building owners in New York who ...

Failure to compost comes with a fine in Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s New York City. On his first day in office, Mamdani’s administration quietly began fining New Yorkers for not separating their organic ...

SAYS THAT THEY WILL TAKE THESE CONCERNS ON THE ROAD. IN A SERIES OF TOWN HALLS, A NEW NONPROFIT IS LOOKING TO GET MORE PEOPLE COMPOSTING IN OMAHA. HILLSIDE FUND SAYS YOU’LL SOON HAVE A YEAR ROUND ...

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Two summers ago, a newspaper article inspired Roxann Specht to write a detailed note containing her end-of-life requests. After sharing it with her husband, Gerald, he was similarly inspired but much ...

In pursuit of a more eco-friendly future, Green-Wood Cemetery is going back to basics. Starting next year, the storied cemetery will offer a new burial option: “natural organic reduction,” also known ...

Composting has long been recognized as one of the simplest, most impactful ways to help the climate. But just how effective is it? A new study completed for Napa Recycling and Waste Services (NRWS) ...

In 2024, New York City’s Department of Sanitation rolled out a mandatory curbside organics collection program, aiming to reduce landfill waste and cut methane emissions by allowing residents to set ...