the size of the bin you need, and how much to spend. Here's what they said: 1. Plastic compost bins The most common and cost-effective compost bin is a plastic bin. You can find these bins in any ...

Compost bins should be low maintenance ... Stainless steel and heavy-duty plastic work well — they’re hardy enough to handle getting banged around but lightweight enough to carry a few ...

Thinking of ways to repurpose plastic containers? Why not put them to work in your garden? From creative planters to ...

They looked like they were made of plastic, and they are—just not the ... parts and deposited at a facility that offers industrial composting. It could also be heat-pressed into a sheet and ...

Wondering how to keep rats out of a compost bin? You wouldn't be the first... If you’ve been trying to stop rats in the ...

Only 30% of a coffee bean is soluble in water, and many brewing methods aim to extract significantly less than that. So of ...

The solid waste advisory committee would like to clear up committee-generated confusion about composting of plant-based plastic (PLA) products. The Falmouth Enterprise’s article last week about last w ...

Building a compost bin is a great DIY project to get kids involved. Use recycled materials like old wooden pallets or even a ...

Americans drink around 1.6 billion pounds of coffee, but most of the used coffee grounds—over 1.1 billion pounds—end up in ...

Duran’s huge kitchen — where he does all of his recipe development — is set up for composting. It was built with four bins — for regular trash, paper, plastic/metal/glass and compost.

Yellow-lidded containers are for food waste, yard debris and other organic matter; blue is for recyclable metal, paper and plastic ... bin that you might not want in your home compost pile.