With the hustle and bustle of everyday life, it can be easy to forget just how much happens in the span of a year. 2025 was ...

Discover how various species of insects, bacteria, and fungi could revolutionize plastic recycling. This video delves into research on the enzymes that allow these organisms to break down plastics ...

And now more cities are implementing curbside composting to help them meet their sustainability goals. New York is currently rolling out a mandatory composting program that will soon be effect in ...

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ATLANTA — Georgia Tech will debut its first industrial-scale composting machine Thursday as the university works toward its waste-reduction goals. The composter, funded through a 2024 grant from the ...

There’s a new organic compost on the market in New Jersey — human. No, this is not a scene from “The Sopranos.” Gov. Phil Murphy recently signed a bill making New Jersey the 14th state to legalize ...

New Jersey has become the latest state to allow human composting after death — a concept pitched as an environmentally friendly alternative to burial or cremation that involves turning loved ones into ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Nearly three years after the vast majority of Denver voters approved a ballot initiative requiring restaurants and apartment buildings to recycle and compost ...

Starting last October, New York City (where I live) mandated curbside compost collection. The added benefit for us New Yorkers is less food waste on the streets for rats, gnats, ants, flies, and ...

After many starts and stops, curbside composting has expanded citywide. Now, separating organic waste from landfill trash is mandatory in every borough. And it’s working — the city is capturing 5 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Heather Wishart-Smith is a board director who covers innovation. When it comes to sustainability, many Americans separate their ...

Known as "organic human reduction" under Georgia law, human composting is basically turning a body into soil instead of ashes as with typical cremation. According to Brittanica, it typically involves ...