If you’re not used to separating your organic food scraps for compost collection—which became mandatory in New York City in ...

Drill holes around the container for aeration and lift it slightly off the ground to allow drainage—simple tweaks that transform trash into treasure. Cover with a lid or a piece of plywood to keep ...

Anyone can compost in their backyard. Composting has benefits even if it never turns into "black gold." It really isn't hard. I first tried to compost in 2007, when I moved into an apartment with a ...

Autumn, with its many chores of cleaning up the yard and reaping garden harvests, is a great time to start composting. Composting is easy, and it can be even easier with an effective compost bin.

Tri-County CleanWays and Partnership are working together to offer a workshop on backyard composting. The workshop is scheduled for 6 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 25, at the Artisan ...

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 ...