“Our best hope for a better future lies in communities coming together to care for the land we inhabit. Losing city-funded community composting programs will make that much harder.” A rally to save ...

It’s a common sight most days to see people walking up to the blue house at the end of a Chula Vista cul-de-sac carrying a container filled with food scraps. They then empty those scraps into one of ...

On a chilly day in December, a crowd gathered in the shadow of City Hall in lower Manhattan to chant, listen to speeches and wave signs crafted for the occasion. “No cuts to compost!” read one held by ...

Last week, David White closed the books on a grant-funded composting initiative, ending a two-year program based in the Ojai Valley which served schools and community gardens in several local cities.

Following Mayor Eric Adams’ proposed budget cuts to eliminate funding for community compost programs, compost organizations are working together to preserve the programs, including those that serve ...

Community composting is growing across the country but problems arise as cities lag behind in regulations and zoning laws. Food waste takes up a lot of landfill space. Turning that garbage into ...

CompostNow, based in Raleigh, North Carolina, is one of the nation’s growing group of “community composters." These grassroots organizations help individuals, organizations and food service providers ...

Since 2011, GrowNYC Compost Program has been operating composting drop-off sites around the city to encourage New Yorkers to recycle their food scraps. "This is a great way of getting the food into ...

I know the stats as well as the next person: America throws away up to 40 percent of its food, much of it destined for landfills where it slowly decays in stinking, methane-releasing heaps of trash.