As cities, farms, and businesses search for sustainable ways to manage organic waste, large-scale composting has emerged as one of the most practical and environmentally impactful solutions. From food ...

With the construction of a massive new garbage incinerator in Miami-Dade County now in serious doubt, environmentalists and climate activists hope it will open the door for a waste disposal method ...

Blending kitchen scraps with water makes quick compost to feed plants. Chop up and freeze compostable kitchen waste to make large batches. Pour blender compost around plants, or into trenches, compost ...

It doesn’t take a lot of time or investment to create worm bins filled with red wigglers that will break down food scraps into rich compost for the garden. There’s a yardstick among gardeners that ...

Miami-Dade has been slow to catch up with other states and other Florida communities in embracing large-scale composting. While landfills have continued to fill up, there hasn’t been a clear path in ...

There’s a yardstick among gardeners that good, rich soil with lots of actively decaying organic matter in it should have about a dozen or more earthworms (Lumbricus terrestris) in each cubic foot. But ...

Food scraps from the Pinecrest Library drop-off location are dumped into a composting truck. D.A. Varela dvarela@miamiherald.com Miami-Dade has been slow to catch up with other states and other ...

Turn your kitchen scraps into garden gold in minutes, no compost bin required. Blending kitchen scraps with water makes quick compost to feed plants. Chop up and freeze compostable kitchen waste to ...