In 2021 Californians disposed of nearly 39 million tons of trash in landfills according to Cal Recycle’s 2021 Waste Characterization report. That’s a rate of about 2,000 pounds per person per year.

While Ramona residents are making good use of the green organic waste and blue recycling bins that have been available almost ...

Have you ever considered what happens to the materials you throw out in your garbage can? Where do they go and what happens to them? What does the journey look like for your banana peel? If you were ...

A Salem renewable energy company hopes to build New England’s largest biogas anaerobic digester in Londonderry near the Stonyfield factory, which will help reduce organic waste ending up in landfills ...

One year after the city of Aspen imposed an organic waste diversion ordinance, the amount of food waste diverted to the compost section of the Pitkin County landfill increased by 70%. The organic ...