By Liah Continentino As the holiday season arrives, so does a surge in food waste. A 2020 study by Penn State found that U.S.

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The United Nations reports that food waste contributes to 8% to 10% of global greenhouse gas emissions. If it were its own country, it would be the third-largest contributor of greenhouse gas ...

New York City’s mandatory composting program is now up and running in all five boroughs. That means that city residents must separate their organic refuse from their household trash and place it at ...

As of April 1, 2025, composting (which turns food scraps into nutrients) is now mandatory in New York City. Even if you don’t live in the Big Apple (and aren’t facing the threat of fines), this ...

Sep. 14—TRAVERSE CITY — The Michigan Recycling Coalition and the Michigan Organics Council are hosting the Great Michigan Compost Tour around the state this fall. Locally, SEEDS Ecology and Education ...

BERWYN, Ill. (CBS) – While it may look like garbage, composting is the process of recycling organic materials to fight food waste. If everyone in the U.S. composted, it would be like removing almost 8 ...

A bulldozer mixes a composting windrow at Spurt Industry's composting facility in Wixom, Michigan. (Photo by Nick Hagen / Planet Detroit) This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a ...

Sign up for the Concord Monitor's morning newsletter and get essential news each day. Owen Lanman and his friends stood guard near the color-coded bins in Maple ...

MUSKEGON, Mich. — A new curbside composting program held at the Muskegon Farmers Market is making it easier for residents to keep food waste out of landfills while supporting environmental ...

WASHINGTON — Washington, D.C. has been rolling out a new way to get rid of your food waste in an environmentally friendly way, introducing more than 30 Smart Bins that are accessible 24/7 through a ...