Most people walk past their lawn trimmings, fallen leaves, and garden debris without a second thought. That pile of waste by the fence, it turns out, is one of the most powerful soil-building ...

You grab a compostable coffee cup from the office kitchen, feel quietly good about it, and toss it into your backyard compost ...

Anyone can compost in their backyard. Composting has benefits even if it never turns into "black gold." It really isn't hard. I first tried to compost in 2007, when I moved into an apartment with a ...

Compostable bioplastics are largely made using the same processes as for traditional plastics, using either plant materials ...

Editor’s note: Each Spring, attorneys Bill Marler and Denis Stearns teach a Food Safety Litigation course in the LL.M. Program in Agricultural and Food Law at the University of Arkansas School of Law.

Composting feels like one of those things you can’t really get wrong. You’re just tossing organic scraps into a bin, right?

I built a sturdy enclosed compost system behind my garage using heavy duty bins designed to keep animals out while turning ...