Let's be real, most of us think composting is basically the gold standard of eco-friendly behavior. You're turning your banana peels into nutrient-rich soil, right? Not so fast. Research shows that ...

There’s a particular smell that clings to old garden sheds, a mix of turned earth, rotting leaves, and something faintly ...

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Many people compost their food scraps and yard waste because they think it's the right thing to do. A new University of Washington study confirms that sentiment, and also calculates the environmental ...

SEATTLE — Human bodies make great worm food. That’s the conclusion of pilot experiments with six dead bodies that were allowed to decompose among wood chips and other organic material. The results, ...

Every day, San Francisco’s compostables – all 600 tons of them – are hauled away from the city. I found myself asking, “Where does it all go?” While looking for the answers, I found agronomist Bob ...

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The biology and chemistry of composting is pretty complicated, says Master Composter Linda Mizes, but you don’t have to understand it completely to successfully create a compost pile. Mizes, a Contra ...

A new study confirms that composting food scraps is better than throwing them away, and also calculates the environmental benefits associated with keeping these organic materials out of landfills.