Want to take the garbage out once or twice a month instead of every few days? A smart food recycler is your secret weapon for a greener kitchen. Pamela is a freelance food and travel writer based in ...

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

One company hoping to make trash, well, a little less wasteful is Mill, which launched earlier this year. This first-of-its-kind, all-inclusive, food-recycling bin transforms food scraps (think peels, ...

The world’s fanciest bin for food scraps just got fancier. Mill, a food waste-specific garbage bin, is a device designed to collect, dry, and grind uneaten food, rerouting it from a highly polluting ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." When it comes to countertop composting you can either store your food scraps in a countertop compost bin ...

William Clarke has received funding from the Australian Research Council on projects related to the degradation of organic wastes in landfills and in anaerobic digesters. He has also performed ...

Sacramento’s residential organic waste program starts in July for those living in single family homes, meaning all of Sacramento County — regardless of jurisdiction or property type — must separate ...

Unwanted gravy should not be discarded in the food bin, as it is filled with fat and oils. However, some councils say a small ...

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Scientists have developed a way to turn cooking oil waste discarded by restaurants into recyclable plastic and a superglue strong enough to tow a car. The new method could be a sustainable way to ...