It’s that time of year… after months of looking at 66 tons of black, ripe compost and 22 tons of powdery, white gypsum that was delivered to the farm in September, it’s time to spread it on the fields ...

And now more cities are implementing curbside composting to help them meet their sustainability goals. New York is currently rolling out a mandatory composting program that will soon be effect in ...

Rows of compost the Cedar Rapids/Linn County Solid Waste Agency Site 1 in southwest Cedar Rapids is seen from the top of Mount Trashmore on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2015. A new topsoil rule is under ...

Complete Resource Management’s Macon location wants to expand to become Georgia’s first Class 4 compost and food waste recycling facility. Margaret Walker Macon is the home of a new compost facility, ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The New York City Department of Sanitation recently announced that it will be releasing a smaller-sized compost bin for purchase following another record-breaking week of compost ...

The promise is simple. A small backyard setup is supposed to transform all sorts of kitchen waste into a nutrient-dense compost, a material so prized by gardeners that they gave it the nickname “black ...

The first spreaders—aka marine floodlights—that I installed on my boat 30 years ago were ITT Jabsco Ray-Line 50-watt 12-volt Halogens. Like most spreaders, they mounted overhead at the back and front ...

Weeks after the New York City Sanitation Department started enforcing new composting rules, officials say they are pausing some of the fines. Many New Yorkers have complained that figuring out how to ...

A record-breaking 3.8 million pounds of compost was collected in the second week of a new recycling mandate — a number so overwhelming that the city is opening a new site dedicated to the “black gold.

New Yorkers are required to compost all their organic waste under a sanitation department rule that went into effect back in October. But despite the mandate, the participation rate is abysmal: Public ...

Composting involves decomposing organic materials to create nutrient-rich soil. A compost pile needs a balance of green (nitrogen-rich) and brown (carbon-rich) materials. Maintaining proper moisture, ...