Leftover food comes and goes easily. Wilted salad left from a potluck, daily coffee grounds, the moldy butt of a loaf of bread, slick potato peels from Thanksgiving prep—if you’re like most people in ...

Food makes up the single largest waste stream in Illinois — 20% of the 19 million tons of waste we send to the landfill each year — but just 50 communities had access to food scrap collection through ...

Montgomery County Environmental Services offers reminders of how to reduce holiday waste and recycle right during the busiest time of year.

Americans composted about 3.3 million tons of food waste in 2019, according to the Environmental Protection Agency's most recent estimates. That may seem like a lot, but consider that between ...

Starting next month, Encinitas residents will be able to deposit food waste into their yard waste bins. The resulting mix of banana peels, apple cores and leftover pizza slices, along with grass ...

If Arlington County collects your yard waste, you can now add food scraps to your green organics cart starting this week. This collection service, which started on Monday, is now part of the county’s ...

WAS HURT. IN THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE IS EXTENDING ITS FOOD WASTE CURBSIDE COLLECTION PILOT PROGRAM. IT’S BEEN EXTENDED THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR. SO HERE’S HOW IT WORKS. ALL WASTE IS TAKEN TO THE ...