SWACO and the City of Columbus officially commissioned the region’s only Class II Composting Facility. “Nearly one million pounds of food waste arrives at ...

The intensification of global agriculture results in significant disposal challenges, with 14 billion tons of crop straw and 125 million tons of livestock manure produced annually. Traditional ...

Composters are a great way to shrink your ecological footprint and a cost-effective solution for feeding your garden (Did you know that one third of the world’s fertilizer passes through the Strait of ...

The temperature inside home composting units typically runs only a few degrees higher than ambient conditions, failing to reach the sterilizing temperatures needed to eliminate harmful pathogens. Home ...

CORVALLIS – If your compost pile at home isn’t getting hot, don’t worry. That heap of yard debris and kitchen waste may be far from steamy, but it will break down eventually. That eases the burden on ...

Opinions expressed by Digital Journal contributors are their own. Traditional waste management practices often involve sending organic materials such as food waste, yard trimmings, and animal waste to ...

The Sustainable Composting Research at Princeton (S.C.R.A.P.) Lab is pausing some composting operations for the 2025–26 academic year because of staffing shortages due to the University-wide hiring ...