Clark County’s community-based composting program collected a record-breaking 186,000 pounds of food waste in 2025. The program, We Compost, celebrated its success with a special presentation and ...

Parker Jean (Sanctuary Farms co-founder and operations director) uses a compost thermometer, as industrial-scale compost course students Laura Howard and Kharon Rayford look on. Photo courtesy of ...

Every banana peel, coffee filter and wilted lettuce leaf you toss in the trash ends up somewhere — and more often than not, that somewhere is a landfill. But there is a simple, practical alternative ...

Southfield residents have a new option for food scraps by turning them into nutrient-rich compost. They join a number of Oakland County communities recycling food. People can sign up for the free ...

SOUTHFIELD, Mich. – The city of Southfield is encouraging residents to be more mindful about what they throw away by offering an alternative to traditional trash disposal. Starting Monday, Feb. 9, ...

The waste and recycling firm hosted delegates from a trade show at its facility in Wheatland, California. At the Recology facility, machines demonstrated their ability to convert yard waste, land ...

A green cart for green waste sits open outside a home on Noelani Street in Pearl City on Dec. 7, 2021. In April, residents in select Honolulu neighborhoods will be able to throw food waste in the ...

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) — Residents in North Charleston now have a new way to turn food scraps into compost, as a new residential drop-off site opens at Northwoods Park, expanding a regionwide ...

Globally, approximately one-third of food produced for human consumption is wasted, totaling 1.3 billion tons annually. 1 Food waste occurs throughout the supply chain due to manufacturing by-products ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Plymouth Meeting woman made it her mission to reduce food waste, and bring it back to earth. With her small crew, they collect ...

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 ...

The law builds on the state's Food Waste Reduction Act, which was signed in in 2017 and set a goal to reduce food waste 50% by 2030. In 2017, the state's DEP estimated residents generated ...