compost

Parks and Recreation is teaming up with a local composting company to collect food scraps from 1 million meals served annually to children. On a humid day following a week of rain, the smell of composting food waste hung in...

The Parks and Rec program is up and running, on a neighborhood level. Philadelphia Parks and Recreation announced a community compost program in 2019. It’s finally up and running, on a neighborhood-by-neighborhood level. Currently, the program requires residents to connect...

Litter, open dumping, lingering garbage from missed pick-ups and unmanaged public receptacles, waste is polluting our Philadelphia neighborhoods, landscapes, and waterways. Plastic packaging of all kinds is so pervasive it is hard to avoid and next to impossible to recycle. ...

Don’t waste your October goods Every October, pumpkins pop up on porches and stoops across the city. And every November, those same pumpkins begin to decay and become unsightly science experiments.  Don’t know what to do with your old jack...

Composting made easy while you catch up on TV Now more than ever, you may find yourself constantly in the kitchen. Whether it be from cooking a full-course meal or snacking, the reality is our food waste adds up. This...

An estimated 1.3 billion pounds of pumpkins are trashed each year instead of being eaten or composted. That’s REAL spooky news. The bottom line: After you’ve carved those pumpkins, don’t trash them! How to Make the Most out of Your...

If we want to create a more sustainable and equitable world, we need to pressure governments and companies to adopt greener policies, AND ALSO challenge ourselves to take individual action. There’s no better way to do that than by breaking...

Now that we’ve established that we have a plastic problem (or several…), let’s delve deeper into possible solutions. Enter Biodegradable and Compostable Plastics Biodegradable plastics and bio-based compostable plastics are not new. Biodegradable plastics and polymers were first introduced in...

This class explores the many soil amendments available to improve your garden and the soil that supports it.  What is biochar and how do I use it?  How can I improve my compost pile?  Which manure is best for my...