On a 16-acre hilltop on Pacheco Pass Highway in southeast Gilroy, Recology turns thousands of tons of yard waste and food ...

MIAMI — Two recent reports from the Environmental Protection Agency revealed a startling statistic: more than one-third of the food produced in the United States is never eaten, and most of it ends up ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Composting isn’t just for leftovers and soiled napkins. You can now compost your body after you die in certain states, turning it ...

As spring gardens sprout, we're digging into the basics of composting, and how to get started no matter where you are.

Composting is a great way to recycle while adding more activity to your day. The good news is you don’t need a yard to do it. Composting bins are available, and as long as you know what you can and ...

On a microscopic level, composting refers to a biological process where bacteria, fungi and even worms break down organic material to generate a product that looks like soil but is technically a soil ...

CORVALLIS – If your compost pile at home isn’t getting hot, don’t worry. That heap of yard debris and kitchen waste may be far from steamy, but it will break down eventually. That eases the burden on ...

When Dennis Cunningham was diagnosed with terminal cancer, he wanted his death to reflect the values he lived by. As a civil rights lawyer, Cunningham defended the Black Panthers, AIDS protestors, and ...

The phrase “human composting” sounds like something out of dystopian science fiction without any context — but it’s a new and green way lay the dead to rest. The term describes turning remains into ...