Composting is not the only green alternative to traditional burials or cremations. In early 2022, for example, the Nobel Peace Prize winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu underwent alkaline hydrolysis ...

You may have heard of environmentally friendly options for funerals and burials, but not everyone is familiar with human ...

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops issued new guidance on Thursday, March 23, explaining why human composting and other green burial techniques are contrary to Church teaching.

Despite enacting a statewide composting law in 2022, California lags several western states when it comes to eco-friendly alternatives to traditional ground burial and cremation of the deceased.

For composting outdoors, all you need is a large bin outdoors, a small lidded container for collecting food scraps in the kitchen, and a tool to mix or “turn” your compost pile, such as a ...

Ready to go green? Composting food scraps and yard waste is an easy way to help the planet flourish, grow, and (most importantly) survive. More than 30 percent of what people throw away is ...

What can't you compost The following items are NOT accepted at Green Mountain Compost: Anything plastic or Styrofoam. Coated or waxed paper (for example, coated milk cartons or ice cream containers).

We have a saying at our house: 'The compost pile is just another mouth to feed.” After all, our garden thrives on compost, and thus we thrive on it, too. That pile is an energy center, like a ...

You compost 3,000 tons, what do you get? Less trash – and a coming crackdown on green-waste scofflaws With the rollout of the city’s new program nearly complete, more than 200,000 green bins ...

Roughly 30,000 households that paid for compost before that service was made free to residents have bins, according to DOTI officials. That leaves about 135,000 residents still waiting.