Bokashi uses fermentation to break down food waste into beneficial pre-compost. The process takes place inside an airtight container, making it odor- and pest-free. Unlike traditional composting, you ...

When you think of compost, the fragrance of fresh coffee may not be the first thing you imagine. However, coffee rests at the heart of a longstanding sustainability partnership at Princeton. Since ...

First popularized in Japan in the 1980s, bokashi composting is a unique, indoor composting method that has a number of advantages over other composting systems. Not only is bokashi composting small ...

There’s a reason gardeners in South Florida call compost “black gold” and why many of them produce it in their own yards. “I find composting empowering; you don’t have to wait on anyone,” said Lanette ...

Sophie Chapman always envisioned a landfill as a faraway place. It wasn’t until she took a field trip to the Franklin County Sanitary Landfill with the local youth organization Compost Clubhouse that ...

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A D.C. worker dumps a bucket into the back of one of the city's composting trucks.(WTOP/Luke Lukert) A 1-year-old program in D.C. with the goal of helping residents dispose of food scraps has drummed ...