Greg Pryor of the composting company Recology holds a handful of processed compost at the integrated waste management's compost site in the San Joaquin Valley town of Vernalis in June. He tries to get ...

My compost heap is about 15 feet deep. That’s because in 1935, a former owner dug a deep foundation and built a cast concrete greenhouse on my property. Later, when the glass roof caved in, my aunt ...

My garbage bin composting system keeps up with my kitchen waste during the winter and spring. During the summer it is a different story. From faded peony flowers to strawberry hulls from making ...

The monsoon brings life to our gardens, but can also leave compost bins waterlogged. Residents on how not to compost during the monsoon The adoption of waste management initiatives in a community ...

Greg Pryor began composting yard and food waste for San Francisco in 1996, and today he oversees nine industrial-sized composting sites in California and Oregon that turn discarded banana peels, ...

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 ...