How to make perfect compost

Want to make perfect compost? then I advise that you start in the kitchen.

K class learns how worms make dirt from food

With squirmy bodies and a high tolerance for dirt, worms and kindergarteners have a lot in common. This year, Liv Anderson's kindergarten class at Morris Jeff Community School is learning all about worms and the cycle of life by composting their lunch scraps to make rich organic soil.

Food-waste recycling grows, pressuring compost makers

A compost bin captures food waste next to one of the food sample stations in the Carson City Costco.

WHAT NOT TO WASTE

Through new city-funded school compost and gardening programs, local elementary and middle school students are learning how disposing of lunchtime trash can make a big environmental impact on their school and their communities. “The resources we throw in the trash are valuable resources that we use and we need to …

Brian Rudman: Beware invasion of the wheelie bins

I know it's pushing muck uphill writing about rubbish on a public holiday, but with just one day left to make submissions on Auckland Council's grand plans to standardise waste disposal, here goes.What leaps out of the 95-page draft...