If you have a home composting system, you will be well familiar with the benefits. Often referred to as "gardener's gold," ...

An alternative to burial or cremation — allowing dead bodies to break down into a soil-like product — is just a signature ...

A coir doormat looks great on your porch, but it'll also do wonders in your garden if you repurpose it in your compost pile.

Georgia now allows human composting as an alternative to burial or cremation, giving families a new, eco-friendly option for ...

The advance was published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by researchers at the UC San Diego Materials ...

Hawaiʻi County, in coordination with Hawaiʻi Department of Agriculture, is issuing a 3-month voluntary compliance order for ...

The 2024 pilot program ran for 11 weeks and collected a total of 228 carts — each holding 65 gallons — of compost material, according to a city memorandum published earlier this month.

What is peat-free compost? Peat was once seen as a cheap and plentiful material that gardeners found easy to use. However, peat harvesting releases huge amounts carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and ...

Outside composting There are two main ways of composting: outside and inside. First, let's take a look at outside composting. A layer of dry material, like leaves, is important to outdoor composting.

Compost improves soil Compost is dark and crumbly, smells like the earth, and is loaded with beneficial microorganisms. It is created when organic materials like leaves and food scraps decompose with ...

Again, the material works as a plant food or fertilizer, not like standard compost. Reencle recommends a byproduct-to-soil ratio of one part to four, and that you let the mixture sit for five days ...

On a small scale, in your backyard or neighborhood, a compost pile should consist of three things: food scraps, water, and dry, woody material like yard trimmings or raked leaves.