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With the fate of the project hanging in the balance, The Journal reached out to the Rhode Island Food Policy Council, which ...

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New Yorkers can now get fined for not separating their food scraps. Some critics say that's not the right approach.

The added pressure led to led to 2.5 million pounds of food scraps, food-soiled paper and yard waste being collected in the ...

Enforcement of the five-borough curbside composting program began April 1 sparking a series of questions like why the organic materials are going in the same truck as other trash and what’s ...

Regularly check moisture levels by squeezing a handful of compost; it should feel like a damp sponge. Turning your compost ...

The proposed law would require the Department of Sanitation to “remove organic waste from the city’s list of designated recyclable materials” and once again make composting voluntary.