Source: princeton.edu Published: August 22, 2017 A research team led by Princeton University surveyed a 3-hectare area that had been covered in orange peels in the 1990s. They found a 176 percent increase in aboveground biomass — or the wood in the trees,...
Source: backyardboss.net Published: May 31, 2017 By Candace Osmond If you’ve got a backyard, you might have started your own compost heap. Composting is a great way to get rid of leftover food, plant material and other biodegradable items that would otherwise have to...
Source: blog.education.nationalgeographic.com Published: March 16, 2017 Image provided by City Compost Olivia Ries Hi! Olivia here from One More Generation! Remember how back in December I wrote about gardening and composting on my holiday list? Well, do I have some...
Source: earth911.com Published: June 9, 2016 Madeleine Somerville It’s a testament to our increased awareness of waste management and environmental issues that we now often have several options at hand when it comes to getting rid of things that have outlived their...
Project Oscar Source: boston.gov Published: February 17, 2017 Project Oscar is Boston’s 24-hour community compost pilot program. Named after the Sesame Street character, Project Oscar compost bins give communities a place to drop-off residential food scraps for...
Source: recorder.com Published: November 18, 2016 Recorder Staff/Tom Relihan Amy Donovan of the Franklin County Solid Waste District shows Federal Street School fourth-grades Jayden Tyler and Shelby O’Leary a bin that will be used to collect food waste from...
Source: blog.alaskaair.com Published: May 5, 2016 By Marianne Lindsey, Staff Writer Marianne Lindsey Alaska Airlines serves up 37,000 cups of coffee a day on its more than 900 daily flights, brewed using more than 250,000 pounds of Starbucks coffee each year. Ensuring...
Source: huffingtonpost.com Published: February 13, 2017 By Warren Cardinal The ECOS/Bio-ART technology is the answer to all of the problems associated with organic garbage that the United States is facing. Food waste is a serious problem in the United States,...
Source: sfexaminer.com Published: August 31, 2016 If California funds new composting facilities, more cities could divert waste, more farmers and ranchers would have access to compost and more rangeland could be covered. (Courtesy photo) By Robyn Purchia A few years...
Source: mocofoodcouncil.org Published: December 9, 2015 by Montgomery County Food Council Did you know that food scraps account for approximately 23% of the County’s overall waste stream? And did you know that there are new state standards that allow farmers to use...
