While single-use bags labeled as compostable are an alternative for plastic bags, they are not to be disposed of in the green bins used to collect compostable waste, including food scraps and yard ...

Using plastic bags is an ecological disaster; it takes about 1,000 years for one to degrade in a landfill (and even then, it leaves behind microplastics that can add toxins to soil or water).

Methane Emissions From Yard Waste Composting Let's be real, most of us think composting is basically the gold standard of eco ...

Buffalo River Compost brand Tend will use bags that contain 20 percent PCR supplied by EFS-plastics and made by Salerno Packaging. Photo courtesy of EFS-plastics Inc. Tonawanda, New York-based NOCO’s ...

A ribbon cutting for new Smart Bins to collect organics (food scraps) from residents was conducted on Tuesday, January 6, at ...

The scraps, leftovers or just extra parts of the foods and beverages we enjoy are not waste, but instead pieces that can be essentially recycled and reused. An indoor compost bin is a vessel in which ...

While the group is concerned about contamination from synthetic polymers broadly, it’s open to evaluating individual ...

To help you avoid the worst composting mistakes, we spoke to experts in gardening and horticulture to learn about some of the ...