From leaves to stems and seeds, these solutions will help you reduce food waste while increasing the flavor of your meals.

Ever since I learned how to grow new food from kitchen scraps I might have thrown away, I never compost the root of certain vegetables before trying to grow new ones. This all became top of mind ...

Composting leftover coffee grounds, eggshells and carrot tops is a way to reduce the amount of food waste that goes into landfills, where it produces the potent greenhouse gas methane.

Give your houseplants or outdoor garden a boost by repurposing food waste. Coffee grounds can enrich soil with nitrogen for certain plants and deter pests. Clean, pulverized eggshells add calcium to ...

Every banana peel, coffee filter and wilted lettuce leaf you toss in the trash ends up somewhere — and more often than not, that somewhere is a landfill. But there is a simple, practical alternative ...

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Expanding food scraps diversion programs to include multifamily buildings is a critical step toward reducing landfill-bound waste and increasing equitable access to composting services. While ...

Everyone knows we should recycle plastic, glass, aluminum and paper–or at least, we know we’re supposed to. But for leftover Chinese takeout and other kitchen scraps, which make up around 30% of our ...