The beige bucket passed out by the city of Portland for collecting food scraps is benign enough, but not exactly a decor statement. The oblong pail is intended as a way station between kitchen and ...

Coffee cans are heroes in the world of repurposing. Plastic or metal, they’ve got lids that snap tight and plenty of space.

IT is becoming increasingly likely that the cup you drink coffee from or the bowl you’re eating a curry out of at a festival is “compostable”. It isn’t plastic and it isn’t wood. It’s a bit like ...

The city of Aspen’s pilot program that offers a composting bin at the Rio Grande Recycling Center for to-go containers from area restaurants over the winter didn’t see the critical mass officials ...