As a young boy, I had to contend with my grandfather’s compost heap. It was a veritable Vesuvius of foul-smelling, putrescible plant waste, a metre high and hidden behind a privet hedge. We had placed ...

Composting saves money when done right, but poor composting turns free soil food into useless clutter. Every spring, many ...

Starting in 2009, the university collected food scraps at campus cafeterias to send to the West Madison Agricultural Research Station for composting. In 2018, the university began bringing scraps to ...

After a couple of weeks it can be buried in soil or added to the compost heap, where it breaks down quickly. Wormeries are handy too, especially in small gardens. They use compost worms, usually tiger ...

Ever felt like your compost pile just isn’t working as well as you hoped? Plenty of people dive in with good intentions, only to run into problems that slow things down or create unexpected headaches.

CHICAGO -- A unique climate change fighting machine is being used to divert thousands of pounds of food waste from landfills, as well as feed people and heat city homes in a clean and sustainable way.

Q. How do I start and maintain a compost pile/bin? Is there a certain type of composter you recommend? I love composting because it’s a way you can take something that would normally be waste and turn ...

In this situation, manure is often seen as a problem that must be removed as quickly as possible. But what if this perception could change? At Kohshin Engineering in Japan, we work with poultry farms ...