The City Council voted Monday to impose the fines for not composting. When the ordinance goes into effect next year, homeowners found with food scraps in their trash will be fined $1 for each ...

Living in an apartment doesn't mean you have to give up on composting. It's one thing to want to reduce your environmental impact, but quite another to invite a stinky bucket of rotting food into your ...

Making your own compost (or “black gold”) is a prized skill among home gardeners, who use the nutrient-rich soil additive to boost their outdoor plants as well as their indoor gardens. It might seem ...

You need not have a yard to create great compost. In fact, much of your left over food waste can be turned into usable compost to feed those flower pots on the deck of your apartment or condo. Learn ...

EVERETT, Wash. -- A year after the city of Seattle required residents to recycle food scraps, the results have been impressive: In 2010, the city's contractor diverted 90,000 tons of Seattleites' ...

My sister recently joined a bison manure composting company and brought her special product "Number Two Brew" to the business. She creates "compost tea" - super nutrient-rich water that plants, herbs ...

Cedar Grove Composting is planning to break ground this year on an anaerobic digester, which would generate methane as it breaks down decomposing organic waste. And it'll have plenty of raw material: ...

You don't need a garden or giant earthworms to make compost! With a few simple gestures, your peelings can become a veritable elixir for your houseplants or balcony. And all from the comfort of your ...