- The paper milk carton: Simply open up the top of a paper milk carton and toss in your potato peelings, coffee grounds and that leftover arugula salad you never got around to eating. The carton won't ...

Composting biodegradable food containers cuts the amount of trash that gets sent to a landfill. But the practice may serve up some unintended consequences for human health. That’s because the items ...

If you want to reduce waste and grow healthier plants but don’t have a backyard, composting is still possible. You can easily start composting in small spaces like apartments or balconies using simple ...

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Volunteers at Real Food Farm spent their morning building large compost containers from scratch- work that was supposed to be done last month. "This is a Martin Luther King day of ...

Choosing to use peat-free compost is now widely regarded as the way forward for gardening. Generations of gardeners have used peat to raise seeds and grow plants because of the reliable way it holds ...

The best compost will provide all the nutrients and support needed for seeds and veg to grow and thrive, while the worst will leave you with meagre crops and feeble plants. But the only way to know if ...

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The best compost will provide all the nutrients and support needed for seeds and veg to grow and thrive, while the worst will leave you with meagre crops and feeble plants. But the only way to know if ...

Nick McCreary, center, Creighton’s new sustainability director, and students Colby Austin and Kailen Wong sort through bins that fill up after meals. The food waste at Creighton University is picked ...

FARGO — Spring cleanup is underway, and the city of Fargo is reminding residents to use compost containers properly at recycling drop sites. The city has compost containers available to the public at ...

Jimena Baldino spends part of every week checking dumpsters — or rather, the relatively new green compost bins that sit next to dumpsters in Aspen’s alleys. She stands on tiptoe to lift the huge, ...