BERWYN, Ill. (CBS) – While it may look like garbage, composting is the process of recycling organic materials to fight food waste. If everyone in the U.S. composted, it would be like removing almost 8 ...

In the Fargo-Moorhead area, businesses, residents and governments are finding ways to keep food waste out of landfills ...

PROVIDENCE – When it comes to trash, Providence has a problem. Too much of the city’s garbage gets dumped in the Central Landfill instead of being composted or recycled. It’s a longstanding issue that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Greg Pryor of the composting company Recology holds a handful of processed compost at the integrated waste management's compost ...

As Maine towns are seeing their waste disposal costs continue to climb, some towns and other groups are looking for ways to reduce the tonnage they truck to landfills. Maine towns pay per ton of trash ...

Republic Services is readying a green waste compositing facility in the tiny community once known for its illicit pot ...

Waste experts on The Hard Shoulder have warned that Ireland is seeing more food waste going into general bins than compost.

A bulldozer mixes a composting windrow at Spurt Industry's composting facility in Wixom, Michigan. (Photo by Nick Hagen / Planet Detroit) This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a ...

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 ...

The Miami-Dade Department of Solid Waste Management (DSWM) hosted a demonstration and site visit at the South Dade Landfill showcasing an innovative ...