compost
This Nonprofit Wants to Turn Corpses into Compost
Traditional burial is an unnatural process that uses a lot of land, and cremation releases carbon into the atmosphere—Katrina Spade thinks there's a better way to deal with dead bodies.
Seattle Will Now Shame You If You Try to Throw Away Food
A new law in Seattle fines and literally bestows a scarlet letter upon citizens and businesses who don't compost their pizza crusts and Sriracha-smeared napkins.
Soon We’ll All Be Eating Plastic Wrapped in Fungus
Have you ever looked at a plastic bag and thought, fuck, that looks delicious? If not, perhaps a new device called the Fungi Mutarium will change your mind.
An Abandoned Rotterdam Water Park Is Now a Mushroom Farm
Two men have turned a sad, abandoned Rotterdam water park into an oyster mushroom farm, using the center's old damp, dank dressing rooms to hang bags of old coffee grounds for the mushrooms to grow in.
How to Turn Compost into Cash
A tour of Recology's composting facility shows how waste can be saved from landfills to make an in-demand product.
In Today’s Landfills, Food Is Embalmed for Decades at a Time
Food waste that is thrown into landfills has a dreadful effect on the environment. As rotting food decomposes it releases methane, a greenhouse gas that contributes to global warming. That's not the case with organic food matter in landfills...
In Today’s Landfills, Food Is Embalmed for Decades at a Time
Food waste that is thrown into landfills has a dreadful effect on the environment. As rotting food decomposes it releases methane, a greenhouse gas that contributes to global warming. That's not the case with organic food matter in landfills because it...