A number of cities around the world now sort their municipal trash, diverting organic matter into giant anaerobic composters that turn it into nutrient-rich soil. Such systems can be very expensive, ...

Compost is the ultimate ingredient for building fertile soil. If everyone composted their kitchen and garden waste, the world would be a cleaner place, and we would all enjoy more productive organic ...

Many agricultural soils have a low organic matter (OM) content and are thus more susceptible to erosion, desertification and climate change (Diacono and Montemurro, 2011). The application of organic ...

I often hear farmers say “My farm is organic; I don’t use chemicals”. Although not using pesticides and herbicides is an important part, organic farming is much more than that. Organic farming starts ...

The natural world thrives on decomposition and regeneration. Fallen leaves, needles and other organic materials in a forest return to the soil and feed the trees in a perfect cycle. We humans have ...

The Public Works Authority (Ashghal) recently launched a new initiative to recycle food waste from the workers’ cafeteria and transform it into compost for soil at its Roads and Infrastructure Project ...

After introducing waste segregation in 20 city wards, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation is set to set up organic waste compost plants across the city. In the first phase, the KMC solid waste ...