Pictured left to right: Members of the Office of Sustainability Abby Bower, Jennifer Chirico, and Steve Place welcome the new large-scale compost vessel to campus.

As cities, farms, and businesses search for sustainable ways to manage organic waste, large-scale composting has emerged as one of the most practical and environmentally impactful solutions. From food ...

Incorporating composting into your gardening routine is a great way to reduce waste and add nutrients and organic matter to your yard. It is basically creating free fertilizer while sending much less ...

As we continue to weather what could be the hottest year on record, enacting immediate, available ways to help mitigate climate change is top of mind for many. Food-waste composting is on the cusp of ...

Food scraps from the Pinecrest Library drop-off location are dumped into a composting truck. D.A. Varela dvarela@miamiherald.com Miami-Dade has been slow to catch up with other states and other ...

For people growing food at home, compost is one of the most affordable ways to build healthier soil and cut the need for ...

Gardener holds bucket of kitchen scraps to go into the compost. - Viktor Sergeevich/Shutterstock Most gardeners understand the biggest benefits of composting at home: making your own powerful soil ...

When he was working to get the nonprofit NOLA Green Roots up and running a few years ago, Joe Brock kept hitting a barrier. Although the facility where he taught local and out-of-town groups how to ...

Lanette Sobel checks on the progress of a compost pile at Fertile Earth Worm Farm. New county proposals could clear the way for small-scale composting operations like hers. D.A. Varela ...

With the construction of a massive new garbage incinerator in Miami-Dade County now in serious doubt, environmentalists and climate activists hope it will open the door for a waste disposal method ...