Composting Garden and Lawn Waste

How to Build a Compost Bin

Want to hide your scrap heap? Shelter it in a structure made from weather-resistant cedar—or pick up a ready-made option

How To Compost In Your Yard, No Bin Required

11 facts About E-Waste

Get e-waste facts and statistics about how much electronic waste is produced in a single year. Find out what electronics are hazardous and should be recycled properly.

How Does Your City Handle Food Waste?

Food waste is a huge problem all over the world — ...

What to do with your holiday waste

Less is more when it comes to enjoying a greener holiday season.

E-waste: The Nuts and Bolts of Why It Still Plagues our Landfills

Why are recycling percentages so low, and why do people dump recyclable CRTs in the river? The forces at work are more complex than it would seem.

How Grocers and Retailers Can Reduce Food Waste

With more than $30 billion in food waste losses occurring in the commercial retail sector, what can stores do to save food from going to a landfill?

How Reducing Food Waste Could Ease Climate Change

The energy used to produce wasted food generates more than 3.3 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide.

How Modular Construction is Keeping Waste Out of U.S. Landfills

With the rise of modular construction as an affordable and efficient alternative to traditional construction, there is now a sustainable option for keeping tons of waste out of our nation’s landfills with each new build.

11 Facts About Recycling

Over 75% of waste is recyclable, but we only recycle 30% of it.

A simple beginner's guide to composting

"Homemade compost is recycled goodness which powers up your plants."

Will compostable packaging ever be able to solve our waste problem?

Packages labeled compostable that don’t actually turn into compost. City compost systems that don’t take compostable packaging. The world of compost has huge potential to change how we manage trash, but it’s still deeply flawed. Can we make it work?

Food loss and waste facts

Every year around the globe 1.3 billion tonnes of food is lost or wasted, that is a 1/3 of all food produced for human consumption.<br>Food losses represent a waste of resources used in production such as land, water, energy and inputs, increasing the green gas emissions in vain.

How food waste confuses wildlife

There's increasing evidence that piles of food waste in landfills are contributing to the decline of various animal species, as the animals eat garbage.

9 Ways to Prevent Food Waste

Buying not-so-perfect fruits and veggies, cooking “root to stalk,” changing your food storage habits and using food apps can all help limit food waste.

10 Tips for Staying Waste-Free at Work

It’s tough to keep environmental impact at a minimum while you’re away from home. And when you’re in a highly-regimented environment like the office, reducing waste and shrinking your footprint can seem next to impossible. But don’t fret, eco-minded employee. You can easily cut office impact by making a few quick adjustments to your daily routine. Check out these 10 ...