ASPEN – Aspen and Pitkin County residents and businesses now have access to local food composting pickup services, thanks to the purchase of a grinder for the county landfill. The city and county ...

Fall is the ideal time to create a compost pile, but keep in mind that the compost you start now may not be ready to use until next summer or maybe not even until 2020. Right now is when nature ...

If you feel strongly about eating your own home-grown, organic vegetables, and want to improve your garden soil, you need to learn how to make organic compost at home. For most gardeners, the ...

On the front: In the Tercero dining commons kitchen, Vincent Kemnitz, foreground, and Derek Stripling start the dishwashing process by scraping waste, including napkins, into a trough that carries all ...

Autumn brings cold weather, fallen leaves, and yard work. While raking up leaves consider using them for next year’s vegetables. Is leaf compost good for vegetable gardens? It’s some of the most ...

GREENE TOWNSHIP - The days are numbered for a 15-year-old machine that grinds up yard waste. Greene Township supervisors have applied for a state grant of up to $250,000 to replace the horizontal ...

The city of Aspen and the Pitkin County landfill have acquired a new $52,000 grinder that will be used to launch a food composting program aimed at local restaurants. At least 30 percent of the local ...