The best gardeners know the simple truth about compost: It’s better than fertilizer when it comes to providing a nutrient-rich growing environment for plants. Composting is easy and inexpensive, and ...

The city would require New Yorkers with yards to separate their leaf and yard waste from trash. The program is expected to start in Queens in June. By Emma G. Fitzsimmons The Adams administration will ...

Let's be real, most of us think composting is basically the gold standard of eco-friendly behavior. You're turning your banana peels into nutrient-rich soil, right? Not so fast. Research shows that ...

The city is proposing new rules that would require residents with yards to set aside yard waste like twigs, mown grass and leaves for composting on a designated recycling day. The mandatory yard waste ...

Floodlight and Sentient report on NYC's composting program, which faces challenges despite expanded facilities, with only 10% ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — New York City is rolling out a plan requiring people to separate yard waste to be collected for composting based on a new Sanitation Department rule. The requirement will become ...

For the next two months — and maybe longer — Naperville residents will be able to drop off food scraps and yard waste at two compost locations in town. As of this week, the city is allowing compost ...

TAUNTON — Could food and yard waste composting be a solution to reducing Taunton’s waste stream? The city wants to find out with a new request for proposals. In mid-April the city will be releasing an ...