ATHENS, Ohio — Communities across the country are going green by composting their food scraps rather than burying them in landfills, where they generate methane gas as they break down. Recommended for ...

Most of what goes into U.S. landfills is organic waste, ranging from household food scraps to yard trimmings. That’s a problem because in that environment, organic waste is deprived of oxygen, which ...

Don’t let your Halloween pumpkin haunt the landfill this November. More than 1 billion pounds (454 million kilograms) of pumpkins rot in U.S. landfills each year after Halloween, according to the ...

Most landfill waste is organic, and it’s driving climate change. Composting food scraps can cut methane emissions, and you don’t need a backyard to do it. Here’s how to start, wherever you live.

When you throw out food waste, even though it’s organic material, it doesn’t just harmlessly decompose at the landfill. This process releases methane. In a 20-year period, methane is 80-85 times more ...

Nearly half of all waste is organic and compostable. When unmanaged, this waste releases methane, a powerful greenhouse gas (GHG) and potent air pollutant, that contaminates ecosystems and causes one ...

Property owners and landlords in New York City can now be fined $25 or more if residents are found throwing a banana peel in the trash. As of April 1, all New Yorkers must separate organic waste — ...

New Yorkers are required to compost all their organic waste under a sanitation department rule that went into effect back in October. But despite the mandate, the participation rate is abysmal: Public ...

Most of what goes into U.S. landfills is organic waste, ranging from household food scraps to yard trimmings. That's a problem because in that environment, organic waste is deprived of oxygen, which ...