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Keeping your yard waste bin in the shade, keeping its lid closed and keeping food scraps in a small, airtight bucket on the kitchen countertop are among suggested ways to reduce pests and odors. The ...

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 ...

Imagine the weight of 33 Capitol domes—about 150,000 tons. That’s roughly how much food waste the Department of Public Works (DPW) collects from the 105,000 homes it services each year (never mind the ...

Cornell’s annual Beyond Waste Campaign, which spanned from Feb. 14 to March 31 this year, is an initiative run by the Campus Sustainability Office that aims to create awareness, action and community ...