A number of cities around the world now sort their municipal trash, diverting organic matter into giant anaerobic composters that turn it into nutrient-rich soil. Such systems can be very expensive, ...

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(Nanowerk News) Like many other nanoparticles, silver nanopartciles (AgNPs) have the potential for release into the environment throughout their life cycle. At the end of their useful life, products ...

Then Lt. Gov. Timothy T. Murray checks out the compost at the Bear Path Farm with farm owner William F. Obear during a tour of the farm in 2008. Obear is in his 10th year of working with the town of ...

City Council considers what a municipal food waste program might look like, and how to implement it The city of Durango is interested in providing municipal composting services to residents, and one ...

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 ...

The Town of Bethlehem in Albany County is showing off its new food scraps composting system. With the Feura Bush Road facility, Bethlehem is kicking its recycling program up a notch. Democratic Town ...

This guest essay reflects the views of Beth Fiteni, co-director of the Long Island Organics Council. Each time I chop vegetables, I put the cuttings in a container on my kitchen counter, and bring it ...

The city of Lebanon is expanding its compost program to Upper Valley residents that use its landfill. The facility is open to 23 N.H. and Vt. communities. It starts January 4th, and will be one of the ...