SANTA CRUZ — Many people are familiar with Grey Bears’ multi-room thrift store and its healthy food programming, including free on-site produce distribution. But there are other programs worth ...

What if the banana peel, egg shells and chicken bones you threw away could — instead of rotting and turning into polluting methane — become something that enriches the soil where we grow plants? The ...

The program offers discounted composting services to 600 residents and 20 businesses, funded by plastic bag fees. Organic materials, including food scraps, make up over 40% of what currently goes into ...

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 ...

The Village of Pinecrest is partnering with the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians and others on an initiative that would bolster their existing composting program, and aims to benefit underserved ...

Residents in Santa Monica are collecting their food scraps and saving them to create a natural soil. Recently Global Green, Santa Monica based non-profit has educated over 650 households on the ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - Residents of Richmond, Chesterfield, and Henrico will now have access to a greener way to dispose of food waste and garbage. Central Virginia Waste Management Authority is ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The City of Albuquerque is starting a project to collect residential food waste and compost it. New Mexico United and UNM partner up to fight hunger with tailgate supply ...

A Rhode Island school composting program is expanding statewide with $750,000 in new funding. The initiative aims to reduce food waste, which releases methane gas in landfills. Started in 2021, the ...

Rev. Houston Cypress, with Love the Everglades Movement, picks up a handful of soil while visiting a Miccosukee Tribe garden on Tuesday, March 4, 2025. The garden will soon benefit from a grant that ...

Corrections and clarifications: This story has been updated to reflect that curbside service is every other week and drop-off service is available on an "as needed" basis. Fort Collins residents who ...