The Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is to commission a risk assessment into the composting of catering waste which will lead to a decision on whether it can allow kitchen waste ...

Did you know that about a third of the waste in your bin is biodegradable? Vegetable and fruit peelings, prunings, paper and a range of other things from your kitchen and garden will decompose easily ...

The Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is producing a statement today which will clarify its position on the composting of organic kitchen waste. This follows the confusion which ...

WITH eco issues such as climate change, pollution and sustainability high on the agenda, we’re all becoming more environmentally aware, which for many of us means recycling and – if we have a garden – ...

Householders have been told not to throw tea bags in waste meant for compost because it is a foot-and-mouth risk. Cardiff council said European regulations meant tea bags or vegetable peelings could ...

A compost pile in a second-floor flat may not be a practical solution to dealing with your food waste, but if you don't have a garden, a homemade wormery might just be the ticket For the first few ...

THE ubiquitous television gardener Alan Titchmarsh advocates composting and the Government, it was thought, was all for it. But in the middle of National Compost Week, it has been discovered that ...

Do you despair of all of the rubbish that is generated at Christmas? Would you like an easy way to dispose of your waste that is kind to the environment too? York Rotters show how you can transform ...

Gurgaon: This is where the battle against garbage is lost or won – composting. Together with segregation, the first step, good composting practices determine how evolved waste management is in a city, ...