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

A pilot program offering Olmsted County residents food waste composting services is being extended through 2025. Olmsted County Environmental Resources launched a drop-off household composting program ...

Having food waste compost picked up from the restaurant ... t make sense to drive all the way across town with your small bag of food scraps,” Wittmer said. With organic waste and food waste ...

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

Anyone interested in participating in the food scrap program can purchase a kit online at www.olmstedwaste.com. Kits can also be purchased during business hours at 2122 Campus Drive SE in Rochester.

The Dubuque Metropolitan Area Solid Waste Agency then distributes the compost for gardening and landscaping. "We’re very proud of our food scrap recycling program in the Public Works Department ...

(ABC 6 News) – Olmsted County is extending its food scrap drop-off program that started earlier this year, according to a press release. In June, Olmsted County implemented a program for ...

Point Loma Nazarene University claims to be a sustainable campus, yet the inaccurate and outdated information found on their website is misleading to the reality of their efforts. The composting ...

City data shows less than 5% of the organic waste New Yorkers throw out every day is actually being diverted from landfills.