Robotic arms sort green food scrap bags from incoming waste Thursday at the Ramsey/Washington Recycling & Energy Center in Newport. (Alex Kormann/The Minnesota Star Tribune) ...

There is a solution: composting. Composting is a process that takes biodegradable materials such as discarded food scraps and garden waste and recycles them back into usable soil. Compost is ...

Those families don't have access to the green compost bins, so the City of Boise has set up two food scrap drop-off locations. "This program is really about equity, making sure that we have ...

“Curbside composting fights rats and helps the planet,” Sanit Commissioner Jessica Tisch said in a statement. Food scraps, leaf and other garden waste and food-soiled paper will all be ...

The City of Boise launched a new pilot program which lets people who live in apartments or multi-family housing participate in the city's compost program. There are now two food scrap drop-off ...

But, curbside compost hasn't been an option for residents like Kyle Halat, who lives in an apartment complex, until now. "I think it's a pretty cool idea, there's a lot of food scraps that do get ...

In addition to RFSTAD, the county operates CompostEd, a small-scale food scrap composting site adjacent to the H-MRF in Valhalla. This facility can compost up to two tons of food scraps a week ...

RESIDENTS CAN PLACE THEIR FOOD SCRAPS INTO ONE OF FOUR BINS SPREAD OUT ACROSS TOWN. THOSE SCRAPS WILL THEN BE CONVERTED INTO COMPOST. ALL TYPES OF FOOD SCRAPS, INCLUDING MEAT, BONES AND DAIRY WILL ...

which include composting 250 tons of food scraps, which would constitute four times the amount of last year's effort. Food to Power also is launching a no-cost refrigerated food pantry ...

Composting diverts material that would normally end up in landfills, where it attracts rats. The rodents can tear open food scraps on the street, which can cause litter and draw even more pests.