ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — For decades, Illinois law has limited families to two primary options when a loved one dies: burial or cremation. But legislation that is still in the statehouse is renewing a ...

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. – A small composting company in Traverse City increased its food scrap collection from 21,000 pounds to more than 125,000 pounds in a single year – a jump that may signal how ...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - A new curbside composting pickup program is launching in Omaha, with organizers saying no comparable program exists anywhere else in the country. Hillside Fund, the nonprofit arm ...

SAYS THAT THEY WILL TAKE THESE CONCERNS ON THE ROAD. IN A SERIES OF TOWN HALLS, A NEW NONPROFIT IS LOOKING TO GET MORE PEOPLE COMPOSTING IN OMAHA. HILLSIDE FUND SAYS YOU’LL SOON HAVE A YEAR ROUND ...

Two summers ago, a newspaper article inspired Roxann Specht to write a detailed note containing her end-of-life requests. After sharing it with her husband, Gerald, he was similarly inspired but much ...

UC Berkeley was slapped with a formal civil rights complaint on Tuesday that accuses the public university of promoting several racially exclusionary programs that favor minorities. The Equal ...

Berkeley city health officials issued a public health warning after staff discovered the presence of leptospirosis at a homeless encampment in the city. Leptospirosis is a bacterial disease that can ...

Berkeley residents with Thursday or Friday trash, recycling, and compost service should expect delayed pickups following New Year's Day, city officials said. Collections scheduled for Jan. 1 and 2, ...

Research led by UC Berkeley Ph.D. student Jefferson Ortega revealed that 30% of people take a more simplistic approach than using both facial expressions and context — depending on the ambiguity — to ...

In this video, Mike G explains the composting process and its importance in reducing food waste. He shares his own food scrap composting method and the tools he uses, illustrating how easy it is to ...