Tom Oder is a writer, editor, and communication expert who specializes in sustainability and the environment with a sweet spot for urban agriculture. If you feed them, they will come. Microbes, that ...

Whether plastic, plant based or compostable, most dog waste bags will still end up in landfill Whether plastic, plant based or compostable, most dog waste bags will still end up in ...

Using plastic bags is an ecological disaster; it takes about 1,000 years for one to degrade in a landfill (and even then, it leaves behind microplastics that can add toxins to soil or water).

There are several reasons you might have old compost laying around, like a neglected compost bin or old bags you didn't use.

Buffalo River Compost brand Tend will use bags that contain 20 percent PCR supplied by EFS-plastics and made by Salerno Packaging. Photo courtesy of EFS-plastics Inc. Tonawanda, New York-based NOCO’s ...

They're often touted as 'eco-friendly', but a new study may have you second guessing buying compostable bags. Sourceful, a Manchester-based sustainable packaging startup, analysed more than 20 ...

Learn about the benefits of compostable bags vs plastic bags and discover the best types of compostable bags to use for trash, food scraps, food storage and pet waste. No matter how hard we try to ...

It seems like the perfect solution for those of us who compost: a bag you can toss your veggie scraps in that quickly decomposes in the compost bin. Reader and super recycler Karen Erickson of ...

San Francisco’s landmark ban on common plastic shopping bags last month inspired pundits and politicians to predict that other cities would soon follow suit. But what worked there might prove tough to ...

Throwing out used tea bags can feel like a waste, especially when you're drinking multiple a day, but there's a rule to ...

In a recent letter to the editor, a writer asked where compost bags could be picked up in the event that someone wasn’t able to go to the fairgrounds as part of the scheduled pickup. For those who ...