Halloween may generate a lot of waste, but jack-o-lanterns don't have to take up room in landfills when there are other ways to repurpose them. If you have decorative pumpkins that haven't been carved ...

The costumes are back in the closet, the candy’s long been consumed and the leftover pumpkins are starting to turn into mush in the South Florida heat and humidity. They don’t just smell bad, the ...

Autumn is the time to think about Halloween and pumpkins and other decorations that welcome an end to hot weather. It also brings an end to the photosynthetic life of deciduous leaves. An NPR report ...

Sawyer Fox wanted to make a change in his Long Beach, CA community, so he launched Common Rot, a composting subscription service. Every weekend, Common Rot picks up organic waste from residents and ...

PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. — A Palm Beach County businesswoman is shutting down her popular company called "Let it Rot." Mel Corichi uses worms to turn trash into organic soil for local gardeners, ...

I wasn't sure that my amateurish attempts at composting were going so well. That was before I pulled on some gloves and started poking under the ugly pile of rotting lettuce leaves, eggshells, parsnip ...

Compost is decomposed organic material that can be added to your garden as a soil amendment. While many materials, like deadheaded flowers or wine corks, can be composted, seafood scraps add extra ...