Tag: composting

April 1, 2024

Composting is an endpoint that currently handles roughly 9% of generated MSW1 and is viewed as a critical part of waste diversion. However, information and data regarding composting operations has historically been lacking. The newly released Composting State of Practice, […]

March 14, 2024

Beaufort County, S.C. is encouraging its residents to compost and will look to educate the community on the benefits of doing so. This week, leaders from the Beaufort County Solid Waste and Recycling program handed out more than 120 compost […]

February 20, 2023

In autumn 2022, Deutsche Umwelthilfe (DUH, Environmental Action Germany) conducted a rotting trial at the RSAG Swisttal composting plant with a number of products advertised as compostable or biodegradable. Some of the products were certified as compostable, for example according […]

January 4, 2023

The “California Drought” is affecting a lot more than California; it’s actually a result of an unprecedented 23-year drought that is slowly but surely drying up the Colorado River, the main water source for the entire Southwest. To preserve water, […]

November 11, 2021

The Center for the Circular Economy at Closed Loop Partners announced the launch of the Composting Consortium, together with Founding Partners PepsiCo and the NextGen Consortium. PepsiCo and the NextGen Consortium, which is composed of Starbucks, McDonald’s and other foodservice […]

December 17, 2020

Atlas Organics (Atlas), a leading commercial composting company seeking to increase municipal waste-solution partnerships across the U.S., today announced the company’s expansion of operations in San Antonio, Texas, to provide food waste and yard waste processing and composting management. Atlas […]

October 4, 2019

Marion County, Ore., is suing its transfer station operator for allegedly overcharging residents for compost recycling. Statesman Journal reports that the lawsuit is centered around a 10-year contract that charges Capitol Recycling and Disposal with operating the Salem-Keizer Transfer Station. […]

May 6, 2019

In the fifth episode of our NothingWasted! Podcast, we chat with Sarah Womer, founder of Zero to Go, an education-based waste management company focused on composting and recycling in Hudson Valley, N.Y. We got to speak with her about growing […]

January 28, 2019

St. Louis Composting, Inc. has acquired Lawn-Corps, a family owned and operated green waste company in South Kansas City, Mo. The acquisition will leverage the equipment that St. Louis Composting already has and increase the volumes of finished mulches and […]

October 31, 2018

This Halloween, one person’s trash may just be another’s last-minute costume. In an effort to celebrate Halloween in a more sustainable way, here are a few tips to reduce the amount of trash we generate: Use old clothing or visit […]

April 18, 2018

The Berkeley, Calif., City Council will consider the Disposable Foodware and Litter Reduction Ordinance, which is aimed at reducing single-use disposable foodware, at a hearing on April 24. “Single-use disposable foodware is a local and global problem, one with enormous […]

April 5, 2018

Ace Natural, a New York City-based distributor of organic produce and other foods, doesn’t pay to have food scraps hauled anymore. Rather, it uses a liquid composter installed on its property, negating the need to collect, wrap and load waste […]

March 16, 2018

The Economist, the international business and world affairs publication, announced that it will launch an experiential marketing campaign in New York City during March and April to highlight the impact of food waste. The campaign, “Grounds for Change,” will involve […]

March 15, 2018

The City of Los Angeles has been hard at work diverting waste from landfills and pushing toward achieving a zero waste goal of 90 percent by 2025, and in an effort to ramp up its diversion of food waste, the […]

January 26, 2018

2018 isn’t likely to be a banner year for recycling in the U.S. We’re facing significant uncertainty about markets because of China’s ban on importing recyclables, and our national attention is preoccupied with other issues, to say the least. Yet […]

April 25, 2017

The New York City Council is reviewing a bill this week that could require New York City businesses, including restaurants, stores, office lobby buildings and other public buildings, to place recycling and composting bins alongside trash bins. In addition to […]