Berkeley schools are making a renewed commitment to recycling and composting after efforts slacked off over the past five years. This year, a local nonprofit, Green Schools Initiative, has worked with ...

MONCKS CORNER — Berkeley County’s waste management overhaul took another step forward Thursday when McGill Environmental Systems announced plans to build an industrial-scale composting operation at ...

Early Saturday morning, docked boats floated calmly on still waters at the Berkeley Marina, while across the street, men, women and children of all ages quickly shoveled huge piles of what they call ...

On University of California campuses, there usually are two choices for throwing something away: the black garbage bin or the blue recycling bin. But increasingly, green also is becoming an option as ...

The city of Berkeley announced a new policy Dec. 18, 2018 regarding the collection of holiday trees for composting this year, asking residents to trim trees to fit in their compost bins. In previous ...

Traditional composting is a long process. It can take six months to more than a year to make usable compost for your garden. This is fine if you have the time and keep the process going continuously, ...

Andersen has invented a device that tracks the decomposition of compost made of human feces, a function that he says could help improve environmental health all over the world. In earthquake-ravaged ...