In communities across the country, cities are searching for practical ways to reduce waste, lower greenhouse gas emissions and invest in sustainable infrastructure. In Northeast Ohio, Beachwood has fo ...

The city of Durham is encouraging people to compost pumpkins after Halloween. Pumpkins and other food waste that end up in landfills break down and emit methane, a potent greenhouse gas that ...

MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. — One man's trash is another man's treasure. That's the motto of Georgia College's all-female compost team. They're taking their school's food waste and turning it into compost to ...

The Compai sensor tracks the moisture level and temperature of a compost pile. A local high schooler’s science fair project turned into a nationally recognized innovation. Recent Walnut Hills graduate ...

Compost can make soil healthier, more fertile and more absorbent. When scaled city- or state-wide, it can extend the life of landfills, create jobs, support local agriculture by keeping those ...

Skokie has introduced a drop-off composting program that helps the environment by avoiding the buildup of a greenhouse gas called methane in landfills, and it could be a trial balloon for village-wide ...

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A team of UCLA researchers has put a new spin on the 1970s rock classic “Dust in the Wind” — only this one is grimmer and grimier than the original hit by Kansas. They found that wind picks up ...

Students at Manz Elementary School raised money to support the environment by selling compost they created. Last year, Manz ...

A new study shows crop species, and not soil type, primarily determines the beneficial functions provided by root-associated ...

A recent study published in Scientific Reports suggests a notable geographical link between global soil fertility and the ...