Each fall, millions of Americans spend their weekends raking leaves into neat piles, stuffing them into plastic bags, and hauling them to the curb for disposal. It feels productive, responsible, and ...

Odor is the #1 barrier to composting participation, here is how programs can solve it upstream. By Michelle Horneff-Cohen ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The annual ritual of trees shedding leaves has been underway for several weeks. The changing colors and dropping leaves are signs ...

Beautiful trees add priceless aesthetic value to any residential property. When correctly positioned, trees can help homeowners save on energy bills because they provide shade in the summer and ...

On Wednesday, Kern County Public Works and Shafter-Wasco Landfill employees showcased a new piece of equipment, a compost bagger. The bagger will allow Public Works to bag compost they are required to ...

Forget everything dull and dusty about gardening advice—this is where things get alive. Not metaphorically alive, but ...

Mulch gets treated like a must-buy item, almost like soil’s expensive sidekick that shows up in bags and disappears into ...

TORONTO, S.D. — A custom feedlot near the South Dakota-Minnesota border is fast becoming an innovator in turning bedded pack manure into a value-added soil additive — “humus compost.” Owners Chad and ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa — When Scott County residents put their yard waste out at the curb, what exactly happens once it's collected? After a more-than-50-day process at the Davenport Compost Facility, it ...