By Liah Continentino As the holiday season arrives, so does a surge in food waste. A 2020 study by Penn State found that U.S.

With limited federal movement to advance composting, states are forging ahead with policies of their own. They are funding ...

BRATTLEBORO — A new composting facility at the Windham Solid Waste Management District will double its current capacity. "It's a really small site," said Bob Spencer, executive director at WSWMD. "We ...

HOUSTON — Houston City Council is moving forward with an effort to improve food waste composting as the city grapples with limited landfill space. The council approved an item to give Solid Waste ...

A three-month compost pilot program has revealed several benefits and strong interest in the Athens community. “We launched the program during the first week in February and ended the first week of ...

BRATTLEBORO — The Windham Solid Waste Management District is hosting a grand opening of its new state-of-the-art food scrap and organic materials composting facility from 3 to 4:30 p.m. this Thursday, ...

PARKERSBURG — A class on composting will be held today and next Wednesday. Put on by the Wood County Solid Waste Authority, the Beginning Home Composting class will be held 6-8 p.m. at the Judge Black ...

The GLOW Region Solid Waste Management Committee is offering residents of Genesee, Livingston and Wyoming counties the opportunity to win a composting machine and composting packet. Participants, who ...

The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has reduced the threshold triggering mandatory composting or reuse of food waste by businesses. It used to be that if a business produced more than 1 ...