Starting this month, tons of organic waste — from half-eaten school lunches at Bloomington High School North to the annual leftovers of Cook employees' "Cooksgiving" — will no longer be recycled into ...

As the pandemic keeps many people closer to home than usual, a remarkable number of folks are spending more time tending their gardens and landscapes. As usual, shifting weather caused fluctuations in ...

Pesticide-laced compost has presented a quandary for the USDA’s National Organic Program ever since California regulators traced residues of dichlorophenyl-dichloroethylene, a breakdown product of DDT ...

HENRIETTA, N.Y. — Neighbors of a growing, commercial compost pile in Henrietta are fed up. It’s not only the smell that’s keeping them up at night, but the possible environmental impacts of what’s ...

Editor's note: This story has been modified to clarify the list of appropriate items for home composting. Starting this month, tons of organic waste — from half-eaten school lunches at Bloomington ...