There's some common household waste, which you sweep up from corners and under furniture, that you may be sadly trashing ...

Hot weather can turn a compost pile into a fast-moving recycling machine, but only when the balance stays just right. Summer ...

Your compost pile will be a mix of “browns” and “greens”. Together, with water and air, these materials will decompose and transform into a soil amendment. ISTOCK PHOTO Your compost pile will be a mix ...

A buried system like this one can still be useful outside of apartment buildings or in cities with compost restrictions.

Every spring I bought bags of chemical fertilizer, spread them across the beds, and expected bigger harvests. The plants ...

We have a saying at our house: "The compost pile is just another mouth to feed." After all, our garden thrives on compost, and thus we thrive on it, too. That pile is an energy center, like a furnace, ...

“Green Wizardry,” by John Michael Greer, is a valuable resource for anyone concerned about decreasing our dependence on an overloaded industrial system and making life a great deal less traumatic and ...

"Everything has a liner these days and it's maddening." ...

Recology spokesman Robert Reed stood beside the tailgate of a pickup truck loaded with a mound of rich, dark compost during a ...

Being eco-friendly in your apartment isn't as hard as you may think. You can change small features to decrease your energy consumption, recycle your cans, plastic bottles and glass, and you can ...

A compost pile needs a balanced mix of green and brown material to heat up properly. (Tiffany Woods) As you recycle autumn leaves into compost this fall, consider the science that transforms waste ...