The United States has a festering food waste problem going largely unnoticed. In 2021, according to the nonprofit ReFED, 91 million tons of food – half still edible – were thrown away. Only 2% was ...

Decomposing food scraps at Bennett Compost in Northeast Philadelphia. Millions of tons of food waste end up in landfills each year. But alternatives like composting, anaerobic digestion and even ...

Just 5% of America’s food waste is composted. Which states are getting it done? A person scraping vegetable scraps from a cutting board into a compost bin outdoors. The scraps include leafy greens, ...

Eggshells and banana peels are one thing, but if you need to give your compost pile an extra dose of nutrients, you could do ...

Some states, municipalities and private-sector companies are pushing to make composting as commonplace as recycling. But it's a long-haul effort. Composting has many benefits for the environment. It ...

As a new study says the U.S. is running out of landfill space, a Dickinson College official says composting food waste could ...

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 ...

“Food waste from our rec centers becomes high-quality compost, adding valuable nutrients back into city soils,” one official said. Philadelphia Parks and Recreation and Bennett Compost celebrated the ...

Chris Shelar, the diversion manager at KC Can Compost, demonstrates how their collection truck picks up the larger collection bins from the nonprofit's commercial customers who want to compost their ...

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 ...