An entrepreneur who built and sold a food-scrap recycling Compost Exchange in Athens has returned to his native Columbus and set up a new venture with an ambitious goal of "zero food waste." ...

Microplastics and their potential environmental and health impacts have been of growing concern in recent years. Compost produced from separately collected biowaste, which is increasingly contaminated ...

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If you buy a smoothie in Portland, Oregon, the drink might come in a compostable plastic cup, a choice a thoughtful owner might make to make their operations more sustainable. You might think, at a ...

At an industrial scale, compost, such as manure, is produced by mixing plant and animal waste. Manure, however, is likely to contain antibiotic-resistant genes if animals have been treated with ...

County commissioners in St. Lucie County approved a new ordinance last week regulating the location and operation of commercial composting facilities. Commercial composting facilities use biosolids to ...

Avon is preparing to implement a composting program as it pursues its own greenhouse gas goals and Eagle County’s, but the town is taking the process slowly to ensure it is best suited to residents ...

Colorado's largest commercial compost company has a message for anyone tossing pizza boxes and disposable cups into green bins, hoping it might someday return to the earth as organic soil: Stop. Due ...

Many people do not realize that industrial composting in New Hampshire is illegal; some may be surprised by this as New Hampshire is usually seen as a leader in sustainability and environmental ...