As a responsible dog owner, you know it’s important to pick up your dog’s poop. But what happens after that? Trapped in a plastic bag that can take 1,000 years to decompose, your dog’s poop might ...

As single-use plastics fall further out of favor among environmentally-conscious consumers and governments, many companies are turning to newer materials that they say will break down in people’s ...

Dear Tee Cee, In reading about what’s no longer accepted in compost I don’t understand how I am supposed to compost if I can’t use bags? Why can’t I use compostable bags? — C. Dear C., Thanks for ...

The supposedly compostable plastic items included things like disposable cutlery, cups, bags and newspaper wraps. When the submitted data was analyzed, it was found that approximately 60% of items ...

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 ...