SHAKER HEIGHTS, Ohio -- From its “limited” composting efforts last year, the city diverted nearly 600,000 pounds of organic waste from the landfill. That works out to 300 tons of healthy nutrients for ...

SHAKER HEIGHTS, Ohio -- For Shaker Heights residents who feel a touch of that weekly guilt when emptying their refrigerator of food scraps on trash day, relief is on the way. City Council on Monday ...

The best compost bin is the one you’ll actually use. I tried two popular styles and have a clear favorite. Barrel-style compost bins (left) make tumbling your compost easier, while box-style bins ...

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“Composting is the human version of re-creating what Mother Nature does out in the wild”: mixing together organic materials to facilitate healthy decomposition, says Rebecca Louie, founder of the ...

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The promise is simple. A small backyard setup is supposed to transform all sorts of kitchen waste into a nutrient-dense compost, a material so prized by gardeners that they gave it the nickname “black ...