By Liah Continentino As the holiday season arrives, so does a surge in food waste. A 2020 study by Penn State found that U.S.

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Rows of compost the Cedar Rapids/Linn County Solid Waste Agency Site 1 in southwest Cedar Rapids is seen from the top of Mount Trashmore on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2015. A new topsoil rule is under ...

A California law adopted in 2016 mandated a gradual increase in the amount of organic waste that must be diverted away from landfills to sites where it could be treated and composted, thus reducing ...

At the urging of the plastics industry, the USDA is considering allowing materials such as bioplastic cups, coffee pods and compostable plastic bags into the organic compost waste stream. Farmers and ...

Dartmouth residents have several eco-friendly options to dispose of pumpkins and cornstalks this Halloween. The town offers curbside yard waste pickup, drop-off at the Water Pollution Control Facility ...