New rules requiring local restaurants, schools, caterers and grocery stores to recycle food waste are keeping tons of old food out of landfills and instead turning it into compost used by gardeners ...

Pressures such as population growth, urbanization, and land degradation are straining the global agrifood system, the network connecting all steps of the food supply chain from growing crops in the ...

Local nonprofit Keep Austin Beautiful received a $10,000 grant to launch a program that will help three Austin schools learn ...

October is recognized as Campus Sustainability Month by The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE), an initiative designed to engage and educate students, ...

Do you clean your recycling before putting it in your recycling bins? Or, do you think this extra step is a waste of time? Debate no longer, as waste experts have revealed exactly what you need to do ...

Orangetown is taking the next step in recycling and hopes its residents, and the rest of Rockland County, follow. The town launched a pilot program collecting food waste, the largest component in the ...

Whether it's food discarded during preparation to scraps left on a plate after a full meal, Springfield Environmental Services is offering a new alternative to dumping uneaten food in the trash.

PORTLAND, Oregon — Food is the largest component of the metro region’s garbage: about 18% of our overall disposed waste —more than any other material by far. Businesses are responsible for more than ...

Following the success of its pilot programs, Naperville continues food scrap composting and clothing/textile recycling ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. DAVIS, Calif. — Banana peels, chicken bones and leftover veggies won’t have ...