The Shafter-Wasco Recycling & Sanitary Landfill is home to a new composting system that will process 100,000 tons of organic material each year with the help of 32 composting bunkers. Other supporting ...

Mayor Adams announced Thursday that the city has expanded its ability to convert food and yard waste into compost by as much as 400% — a key step before his administration expands curbside compost ...

All are welcome to the grand opening of Northern Recycling’s Covered Aerated Static Pile Composting and Construction, Demolition and Inert sorting facility on Wednesday, Sept. 28, from 9 to 10 a.m., ...

Turning compost piles regularly produces faster results and kills weed seeds. Turning compost piles provides more air to beneficial microbes, helping to speed up the composting process and creating ...

Using a compost starter can speed up the process. It takes time to make compost. Organic matter requires about two to three months to break down in hot compost piles, and up to a year or more in cold ...

Contrary to popular belief, compost piles aren’t supposed to smell bad, and a well-kept compost heap should smell just a little earthy. However, compost can start to smell like rotten eggs, ammonia, ...

This story was originally published Aug. 12, 2018: Every week, hundreds of thousands of Sonoma County residents dutifully gather grass clippings from their yards and food scraps from their kitchens, ...

Composting is simple. All you need is a kitchen pail, food scraps and a napkin. That’s the trick, Robert Reed said. A paper towel at the bottom of the bin can soak up the moisture and smells, keeping ...

The Town of Cary recently completed a one-year food waste pilot program, which involved residents dropping off food waste at the location pictured left. Credit: Town of Cary Cary’s Good Hope Farm ...

Organic waste creates nasty stuff when it lands at the dump. “When organics, whether it be yard waste or food waste, ends up in the landfill, it’s covered and so it doesn’t get the oxygen it needs to ...

A third site for composting organic waste is planned for Orange County, which will bolster the county’s efforts to adhere to state mandates for reducing waste and greenhouse gasses. This new ...