MIDDLETOWN — A bucket of moldy old food scraps and pizza boxes may not seem like the foundation for a sound business plan, but it is an enriching one for at least one Delco man as Americans discover ...

Why toss cardboard into a bin when it could literally feed the earth beneath your feet? That plain brown box sitting in the corner holds more potential than most people ever realize, and it has ...

This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited articles, webinars and ebooks. A few U.S. cities have embraced composting systems, but even ...

Since curbside newspaper boxes don’t get a lot of action selling papers anymore, a new urban intervention puts them to use as something else: convenient compost bins. “The boxes are so commonplace in ...

Dear Eartha: At a cocktail party last week, I heard about a composting ‘machine’ that fits under your countertop and produces finished compost in two weeks without any odor at all. It sounds too good ...

Americans will consume more than 12 million pizzas for the Super Bowl, and millions of those pizza boxes will end up in a landfill. But the recycling industry is changing its tune on what Americans ...

The best compost bin is the one you’ll actually use. I tried two popular styles and have a clear favorite. Barrel-style compost bins (left) make tumbling your compost easier, while box-style bins ...

A TRIAD NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION IS HELPING KEEP OUR ENVIRONMENT CLEAN AND HEALTHY. OUR ADRIANNA HARGROVE SPOKE WITH GROWING HIGH POINT ABOUT HOW THEY’RE EDUCATING PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT ...

According to the NYC Department of Sanitation, almost a third of New Yorkers’ trash comprises organic waste like food scraps, spoiled food, food-soiled paper, and yard trimmings and plants. As we know ...

New York Compost, a project by designer Debbie Ullman, a former art director at the New York Daily News takes those ubiquitous but underutilized newspaper boxes you see on the sidewalks of New York ...