Jan. 30—PRESTON — David Aldridge brought something to show the Planning and Zoning Commission last Thursday ― a bag of dirt. The bag contained compost created from a pilot food waste composting ...

The USDA said it will invest more than $7.5 million for 26 cooperative agreements supporting innovative, scalable waste plans to reduce and divert food waste from landfills and reduce greenhouse gas ...

Food waste compost—Tomato plants are seen in trays with pure food waste substrate, pure commercial peat moss-based potting mix, and blends of the two with varying ratios in a study to compare seedling ...

Avon’s commercial composting pilot program, which kicked off in November, is already diverting a significant amount of waste from the landfill. The 2018 Northwest Colorado Waste Diversion study showed ...

DALLESPORT — For Pierce Louis, work is a dirty business. As co-owner and co-founder of Dirt Hugger, a Dallesport commercial composting and landscape supply company, Louis has spent the past 16 years ...

What are organic materials? What can be composted in my area? Help create nutrient-rich compost by checking what goes in the organics bin and what stays out. Compost is used on our local landscapes to ...

With an estimated 30 to 40 percent of the United States’ food supply ending up as waste, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, food science and horticulture experts teamed up to study if ...