Bokashi, fermented organic matter, has been used for years in Korean and Japanese natural farming. An important ingredient in making bokashi is EM-1. This collection of micronutrients, developed in ...

There’s a growing market for disposable eating utensils. They have names like taterware or spudware -- forks and knives can be made out of potato starch instead of plastic. You might buy the tableware ...

Composting biodegradable food containers cuts the amount of trash that gets sent to a landfill. But the practice may serve up some unintended consequences for human health. That’s because the items ...

What do corncobs and tomato peels have to do with electronics? They both can be used to salvage valuable rare earth elements, like neodymium, from electronic waste. Researchers used micro- and ...

For all our environmental woes, the U.S. is making progress in one exciting area: The word “compost” is becoming a household term, while more and more cities are starting to implement wide-scale ...

The ICAR-Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI) in Jankipuram has committed to becoming a zero-waste campus by converting all its organic waste into compost. A newly installed bio-composting machine ...

Composting is all about reducing waste and reusing existing resources, so of course, when conceptualizing a device to help individuals compost, the same principles had to be applied. And applied they ...

At SPC Impact 2026, Biodegradable Products Institute Executive Director Rhodes Yepsen discusses why compostable packaging ...