One ton of food — equivalent to 2,000 full plates — was dumped by diners at Claremont McKenna College’s Collins Dining Hall ...

Food waste is being turned into clean compost on an industrial scale in Shelby County, even through the middle of winter.

If you have spent any time around wine people, you have heard the phrase: It starts in the vineyard. DaVero Farms and Winery is taking that one step further, straight into the compost pile.

Two summers ago, a newspaper article inspired Roxann Specht to write a detailed note containing her end-of-life requests.

Around noon at Pemetic Elementary and Tremont Consolidated schools, a line of students forms twice: once to receive lunch, ...

In the lush landscapes of tropical agriculture, two waste products—oyster shells from the sea and coconut shells from the trees—are being combined to solve a major headache for farmers: how to turn ...

Green-Wood Cemetery is going green on death. This week the Brooklyn burial ground announced a new option for leaving this world: composting corpses into nutrient-rich dirt. The nearly 200-year-old ...

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- A Plymouth Meeting woman made it her mission to reduce food waste, and bring it back to earth. With her small crew, they collect scraps from businesses and ...

Sandra van der Laan has received funding from CPA Australia. Lee Moerman has received funding from CPA Australia. She is a volunteer with Tender Funerals, a community-based, not-for-profit funeral ...

The study found that while food waste compost might not be viable as a standalone alternative to commercial potting mix, it could be suitable as part of a substrate mix. Results showed that mixtures ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Nearly everyone in the food business who champions composting can pinpoint a reason why sustainability became one of their top pursuits Christi Turner was ...