Maybe you've thought about composting, but really don't have the time or space to do it. Now, there is a company that will do the hard work for you. “This is called a trommel. It's just a fancy name ...

D.C.’s composting program is shifting to bright orange buckets that resemble a miniaturized version of the trash cans that are outside houses. Nobody knows exactly why, but thousands of composting ...

SAVOY — John Pitroff was 36, working as a plant care contractor at Walmart and serving on the Crisis Team in the Berkshire Medical Center emergency room, when his daughter River was born. That’s when ...

A citywide pilot program to collect food scraps from District residents has run into a completely unexpected problem: bucket theft. Big-time bucket theft. Each of the 9,000 households participating in ...

Most of us have heard the adage, “One person’s trash is another’s treasure.” This couldn’t be truer for Table to Farm Compost, a locally owned small business and team of self-described “climate ...

A D.C. worker dumps a bucket into the back of one of the city's composting trucks.(WTOP/Luke Lukert) A 1-year-old program in D.C. with the goal of helping residents dispose of food scraps has drummed ...

James Longanecker, Pittsburgh farmers market manager, holds the compost collection bucket at the East End Farmers Market. She says it makes sense to collect food scraps at the farmers markets.