The Solid Waste Authority of Central Ohio (SWACO) and the City of Columbus opened the only Class Two composting facility in ...

The United States has a festering food waste problem going largely unnoticed. In 2021, according to the nonprofit ReFED, 91 million tons of food – half still edible – were thrown away. Only 2% was ...

The United Nations reports that food waste contributes to 8% to 10% of global greenhouse gas emissions. If it were its own country, it would be the third-largest contributor of greenhouse gas ...

Decomposing food scraps at Bennett Compost in Northeast Philadelphia. Millions of tons of food waste end up in landfills each year. But alternatives like composting, anaerobic digestion and even ...

Americans composted about 3.3 million tons of food waste in 2019, according to the Environmental Protection Agency's most recent estimates. That may seem like a lot, but consider that between ...

Advocates say food waste is a major environmental concern, but there are steps you can take to help. Tidewater Compost will ...

ANCA is partnering with Clarkson University to leverage a USDA grant to expand community compost awareness in the North ...

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 ...

Gary Parente's Curbside Compost in Central Texas turns food scraps into compost, reducing landfill waste and methane ...

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 ...

Food prices in the U.S. are forecast to rise by nearly 3% by the end of the year and a North Dakota professor specializing in ...

Just 5% of America’s food waste is composted. Which states are getting it done? A person scraping vegetable scraps from a cutting board into a compost bin outdoors. The scraps include leafy greens, ...