A sign on the compost bins at Troy’s food scrap drop-off area is seen Tuesday at Troy Resource Management Center in Troy. Troy’s food scrap drop-off area for compost at the Troy Resource Management ...

Food waste doesn’t necessarily belong in landfills. It can be turned into a valuable resource: compost. That’s according to the town of Cary and environmental advocates working to reduce waste in the ...

On trash pickup day in Los Angeles, the orange peels, carrot tops, egg shells and brown paper bags are no longer carted off to the local landfill. Instead, they go to a compost facility called ...

The city of Detroit is launching its first food composting pilot program, with officials hopeful it will lay the groundwork for a citywide system. “The pilot is an exciting step forward in how Detroit ...

A Charleston city experiment that asked people to bring their residential food scraps to drop-off sites in parks for composting has now become an established program across much of the county. The ...

Chris Shelar's job at KC Can Compost is the definition of dirty work. And he like's it that way. "I have no problem with motivation in the morning getting up and doing this in any way, shape or form," ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --Chicago is opening 15 drop-off sites for food scraps as part of the city's first-ever citywide composting program. Chicagoans can sign up to drop off their food waste at one of 15 ...