Separating food scraps from the rest of your trash may seem like a pain at first. But look at it this way: Every chicken bone, banana peel and egg shell that doesn’t wind up in a landfill benefits not ...

While single-use bags labeled as compostable are an alternative for plastic bags, they are not to be disposed of in the green bins used to collect compostable waste, including food scraps and yard ...

Compost at home? Don’t I have to send all my kitchen scraps to the curb in my green waste bin? Nope! They don’t ALL have to go into your green bin. They just can’t go into the landfill, according to ...

While visiting my daughter in Brooklyn over the holidays I noticed that they have curbside recycling for kitchen scraps. They ...

A week or so ago on Partridge Road, it was Green Waste Day. In the afternoon I went to peek in the bin to see if it was time to bring it in. I noticed a fresh 9” x 12” vinyl sticker on the lid ...

It’s that time of the week when your food waste pail is full, and you’re ready to walk your scraps out to the green-waste bin. (You are following your community’s rules about composting food scraps, ...

When you're gardening, most green waste can go straight into your green bin. But some weeds need a different approach to stop ...

SAN ANTONIO – The green bins that the city of San Antonio provides pick up for aren’t just for yard clippings, but more importantly for food waste. So why is it so crucial to not toss food and paper ...