Compost/Fungi/Biochar

When is Composting Better Than Recycling?

Source: earth911.com Published: June 9, 2016 Madeleine Somerville It’s a testament to our increased awareness of waste management and environmental issues that we now often have several options at hand when it comes to getting rid of things that have outlived their...

Project Oscar

Project Oscar Source: boston.gov Published: February 17, 2017 Project Oscar is Boston’s 24-hour community compost pilot program.   Named after the Sesame Street character, Project Oscar compost bins give communities a place to drop-off residential food scraps for...

Federal Street School Composting Starts with A Bang

Source: recorder.com Published: November 18, 2016 Recorder Staff/Tom Relihan Amy Donovan of the Franklin County Solid Waste District shows Federal Street School fourth-grades Jayden Tyler and Shelby O’Leary a bin that will be used to collect food waste from...

Composting is Grounds for Change on Alaska Flights

Source: blog.alaskaair.com Published: May 5, 2016 By Marianne Lindsey, Staff Writer Marianne Lindsey Alaska Airlines serves up 37,000 cups of coffee a day on its more than 900 daily flights, brewed using more than 250,000 pounds of Starbucks coffee each year. Ensuring...

Is This A Solution to The Food Waste Problem in The U.S.?

Source: huffingtonpost.com Published: February 13, 2017 By Warren Cardinal The ECOS/Bio-ART technology is the answer to all of the problems associated with organic garbage that the United States is facing. Food waste is a serious problem in the United States,...

Our Waste Could Help Reverse Climate Change

Source: sfexaminer.com Published: August 31, 2016 If California funds new composting facilities, more cities could divert waste, more farmers and ranchers would have access to compost and more rangeland could be covered. (Courtesy photo) By Robyn Purchia A few years...

Helping Farmers Expand Composting in the County

Source: mocofoodcouncil.org Published: December 9, 2015 by Montgomery County Food Council Did you know that food scraps account for approximately 23% of the County’s overall waste stream? And did you know that there are new state standards that allow farmers to use...

One Man’s Mission to Expand Composting in Chicago

Source: chicagotonight.wttw.com Published: August 18, 2016 Alexandra Silets | If you live in the city, you may think it’s hard to compost. Compost is rich soil created by naturally recycling organic material. But there’s one man who is trying to make it easy. He’s...