A large faith conference is pushing back on "green composting" as a way to handle human remains. It is improper to compost human remains and the practice is disrespectful to the body of the deceased, ...

Goshen College student Natasha Weisenbeck (Class of 2014) dumps material into a composting bin at the college in this 2013 photo. In a few days, the fall ritual of burning leaves will start, filling ...

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Making your own compost is simple and can be fun. You hear a lot of talk about going green. Well, having your own compost pile is as green as it gets. Composting your own yard and kitchen waste ...

The only place it’s hard to compost is an apartment. So declares Jackie Trimble of Washington State University Master Gardeners. She highly recommends the do-it-yourself approach of getting food ...

One of the most commonly asked questions in gardening is ‘what’s the difference between mulch and compost?’ Both are usually brown and soil-like, both help nurture plant growth – so how come they are ...

This isn't the only time an HOA has fought against eco-friendly choices. One couple had to change their state's laws to ...

BROOKLYN, N.Y. — Lillian Summers grows rosemary, daikon and curly kale in a formerly abandoned lot in Bedford-Stuyvesant, powered by recycled food waste. By chopping up a balance of nitrogen-rich ...

Blending kitchen scraps with water makes quick compost to feed plants. Chop up and freeze compostable kitchen waste to make large batches. Pour blender compost around plants, or into trenches, compost ...

When Christine Datz-Romero and her husband started the Lower East Side Ecology Center in 1987, where New Yorkers could drop off paper, metal, glass and plastic for recycling, they beat New York’s ...