If anyone knows that there's value in trash, it's Waste Management-- the big waste hauler collects 66 million tons of it every year. So the company has teamed up with a small venture-backed company ...

New York is the latest state to give residents the option of composting their deceased loved ones instead of a standard burial or cremation. The practice, sometimes called "natural organic reduction," ...

To stay productive, efficient, and healthy, a compost pile needs a steady supply of nitrogen-rich green matter. This fuels the microbial activity of the decomposers that creates that beautiful rich, ...

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Embalming fluid can cause cancer. Concrete production is responsible for up to 8% of the carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere. A traditional funeral is hard on the environment. Not so natural ...

Tucked into a nondescript warehouse development in Howard County, along winding roads lined with semi trucks, sits a facility ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. New York state has legalized natural organic reduction, better known as ...

Recology spokesman Robert Reed stood beside the tailgate of a pickup truck loaded with a mound of rich, dark compost during a spring presentation at a small winery just north of the Solano County line ...