NEW YORK — In her Brooklyn apartment, Kate Zider holds up a pot of basil she has grown with the remains of her neighbors’ dinners. “I can’t understand why anyone buys basil. You throw it in a pot with ...

A council has launched an initiative to cut garden waste through composting. South Hams District Council in Devon said there were already eight community garden waste composting sites in the area but ...

TROY — The Citizens Working Group on Composting presented its plans to a packed room at City Hall Wednesday night, where its members laid out its plans to city residents, members of the City Council, ...

Each week composting programs in the city divert more than 50,000 pounds of food scraps from landfills. The methane-producing waste is converted into nutrient-rich soil that goes back into the ...

Editor’s note: More information has been added to the story. Sustainable Broomfield, an eco-friendly citizen group, is inviting the community to a trash-pickup event as a way to participate in ...