Do our “compostable” bags, utensils and containers really return to nature? Hailed as a solution to the plastic problem, a ...

Along with orange peels and eggshells, people are tossing cling wrap, foam trays and other plastic food packaging into their ...

Olmsted County's food waste compost pilot program has been met with success and will now run through December 2025.

Minnesotans have been recycling food waste through composting in larger numbers over the past five years, according to MPCA ...

Rather than a potential triumph, the compostable plastics we use look increasingly like a tragedy. Andy Extance looks at the ...

Napa County is moving forward with a requirement that food providers use reusable or compostable foodware and accessories.

Residents of all five boroughs of New York City must now separate organic material from the rest of their household trash.