composting

While there is nothing wrong with passively composting by just leaving your scraps alone in the compost bin, for those looking for a constant supply of compost for their lawn and garden would require a more active unit like a compost tumbler that turns your compost pile and keeps it aerated.

Summer has officially arrived, which means for avid gardeners it is prime composting season. For those in need of gardening equipment such as compost bins or compost tumblers, there are many to choose from to start recycling a good portion of your garbage and live a more greener lifestyle.

Looking for ways beyond changing lightbulbs and taking the train to help reduce your carbon footprint? Turns out we all could make a big difference in greenhouse gas emissions by not throwing out so much trash and composting our food waste.

Saving the planet may well stem from the small act of many, than bigger actions undergone by the few. One restaurant chooses to participate in a city-wide program, recycling its food waste into reusable garden compost—the owner explains why. 

Terracycle is most known for their reuse of plastic soda bottles as packaging for their Worm Poop gardening products. While these initial products are definitely to be commended, it’s their recent move into office and school products in conjunction with Office Max that stands to make an even more profound impact.

A round-up of ten of the best composting methods

Next time you bite into a banana, think for a moment what brought it to your store: Probably a wax coated box. A box that is difficult or impossible to recycle, depending on area facilities. It doesn't have to be that way.

Find out the basics of what it takes to create a zero waste strategy and what benefits a business can realize from reducing waste.

A detailed article about using a small backyard flock of chickens to help live a more sustainable lifestyle. Focuses on using chicken manure and a compost pile to recycle extra food.

Tips on having a better, cleaner, greener kitchen with small-scale composting.

Hawaii became the first in the nation to approve the use of the Xerolet Eco-System - an Alternative Onsite Wastewater Treatment System (AOWTS). The Xerolet has no need for a sewer connection, holding tank or septic system. Instead, this exciting new technology uses waste water from a variety of sources in the home to minimize water usage.

Eight easy to follow recipes are squeezed into the book, including 'Soil in the Bag', 'Compost tea' and 'The Hot Turnover' – the aim being to get everyone composting, even those with little time and space. As well as guidelines for householders with large gardens, the book also provides some beginners tips on setting up indoor or backyard wormeries or community collection schemes.

Before you begin your journey on the road to composting your organic material, make sure you've adopted the proper mindset.

Yea that's right. Roadkill compost. It's what your garden craves. "A highway maintenance worker demonstrated from the cab of a front-end loader, mixing piles of wood chips with the remains of two deer and a black bear."

With growing populations and diminishing reserves of clean water, some serious changes to the way we handle sewage need to occur. The government’s answer is to throw billions of dollars at it, but The Humanure Handbook offers many ideas to help people take responsibility for their own waste