These fines are getting trashed. The city is backing off on heavy monetary penalties for those who fail to compost their ...

For those who have been trashing New York City’s recent composting law, you’ve been given a brief window to get on board — or ...

In the first 10 days after the law went into effect, the Sanitation Department slammed property owners with nearly 2,500 ...

Every year, staff with the Indiana Department of Environmental Management travel across the state to teach young Hoosiers ...

and he has brown composting bins next to trash and recycling. But he stresses, at the end of the day, he can't force anyone to comply. "We've been explaining to them that it's important to compost ...

Paper, softcover books, as well as glass and plastic still go in their usual recycling bins. You can’t compost medical waste, wrappers, hygiene products or most other things that didn’t grow ...

a 23-gallon trash can into which went tomato tops and other food scraps. Then came the dumpster inspection. Could anything in there go to compost? Ms. Billings, a consultant contracted by the ...