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Methane Emissions From Yard Waste Composting Let's be real, most of us think composting is basically the gold standard of eco ...

If you haven’t started your composting journey, consider this your sign to begin. Turning your kitchen scraps and backyard ...

Using plastic bags is an ecological disaster; it takes about 1,000 years for one to degrade in a landfill (and even then, it leaves behind microplastics that can add toxins to soil or water).

Frito-Lay has been working for a year now on developing and testing a biodegradable bag that will completely break down in an ordinary compost pile. The corn-based polymer chip bags are set to hit ...

A ribbon cutting for new Smart Bins to collect organics (food scraps) from residents was conducted on Tuesday, January 6, at ...

Seattleites, you have been composting wrong. Seattle Public Utilities says people often put produce bags in the compost bin, but not all of those bags are biodegradable. That messes up the city's ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Oahu's controversial plastic bag restrictions that allow plastic bags to continue to be used by many retailers also allow them to use compostable bags, even though there is ...