I know composting is good for our environment. Outside of creating a healthier soil environment for plants, what other benefits does composting provide our community? Thank you for the great question.

If you’ve ever seen people lugging buckets of food scraps to dump at D.C.’s compost drop-off sites, you know there is a pent-up desire among District residents to recycle their food waste. Last year, ...

Key Points Avoid composting diseased plants to prevent spreading harmful pathogens back into your garden.Trash invasive plants, weeds with seeds, and pesticide-treated plants to stop contamination or ...

Peg and Cat agree to help Ramone grow an awesome garden - by helping to collect compost. Peg and Cat agree to help Ramone grow an awesome garden - by helping to collect compost. There are two kinds of ...

They say spring is the season of new beginnings. All things in nature are fresh and renewed. Spring is also the time of year that inspires us to get outside and tackle those lawn and garden projects ...

After years of studying and discussing the idea of launching a curbside composting program, D.C. officials finally began rolling out a pilot program this month. Roughly 9,000 households will be ...

The experiment was conducted at the West Marin Composting Facility in Nicasio, California (38°05′14.9"N 122°42′26.0"W). We established one windrow pile of approximately 15 × 4 × 2 m (length, width, ...