Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Composting toilets reduce water usage and do not require flushing. Composting toilets are gaining popularity for a good ...

Maggots in compost are almost always black soldier fly larvae, and in most bins they’re harmless. Finding a modest number of ...

Which plants like peat-based compost, and which flourish more with manure? Get the dirt on this nutrient-rich soil additive.

Most of what goes into U.S. landfills is organic waste, ranging from household food scraps to yard trimmings. That’s a problem because in that environment, organic waste is deprived of oxygen, which ...

A compost heap is alive. It needs the right balance of carbon, nitrogen, moisture, and oxygen to function properly. If you add the wrong things, you compromise that, kill off the beneficial organisms, ...

At the urging of the plastics industry, the USDA is considering allowing materials such as bioplastic cups, coffee pods and compostable plastic bags into the organic compost waste stream. Farmers and ...

Student composters Akira Torres, Zuhal Jamal, and Juliette Bolanos… Credit: Maya McFadden Photo …and their life-saving food scrap stats. 11 New Haven Academy (NHA) students have helped to divert 3,285 ...

Q: I am having a hard time finding compost to use. Will a peat moss that a local nursery sells work like compost? A: No, it won’t. When compost decomposes it does two things: It keeps the soil open, ...

Composting toilets use aerobic decomposition to break down human waste instead of flushing it away in watery sewage. Most don't use water, so they don't need to be connected to a city wastewater ...

Maggots in compost are almost always black soldier fly larvae, and in most bins they're harmless. Finding a modest number of them in an active bin is usually a good sign, not a bad one. I'm a ...