Compost facility coming to Freetown

The Planning Board two weeks ago negotiated a deal with Peninsula Compost Co. LLC to develop a compost facility off Copicut Road. The negotiations came after the company late last year fell a vote shy of obtaining a special permit to operate.

Compost bins, rain barrels and native plants sale

Compost bins, rain barrels and native plants will be on sale this weekend at Independence Grove Forest Preserve in Libertyville as a joint effort sponsored by SWALCO, Stormwater Management Commission and Lake County Forest Preserves. The sustainable and environmental practices will not only be good for your pocketbook but also for your home and community. Using rain barrels reuses stormwater ...

Gazette.Net: Bethesda students sort trash, make soil

Making soil is not something students at Burning Tree Elementary School usually learn how to do. But after a week, they were pretty good at it, Vice Principal Jennifer Lowndes said.

COLUMN: Getting the most from compost

Producing compost, or “black gold,” as its known to gardeners, yields a big return with little investment. That’s because nature does most of the work.

Sevier County trash is recycled into compost

Sevier Solid Waste is taking trash and turning it into compost for people to use in their gardens.