In 2020, Recompose was the first U.S. company to develop the technology needed for the commercial composting of human bodies, ...

There’s a particular smell that clings to old garden sheds, a mix of turned earth, rotting leaves, and something faintly ...

SEATTLE — Human bodies make great worm food. That’s the conclusion of pilot experiments with six dead bodies that were allowed to decompose among wood chips and other organic material. The results, ...

Many people compost their food scraps and yard waste because they think it's the right thing to do. A new University of Washington study confirms that sentiment, and also calculates the environmental ...

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From Minneapolis, at the Second International Conference on Pharmaceuticals and Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals in Water. Livestock naturally excrete large amounts of estrogen and testosterone, ...

Starre Vartan is an environmental and science journalist. She holds an MFA degree from Columbia University and Geology and English degrees from Syracuse University. Cold composting is the process by ...

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A new study confirms that composting food scraps is better than throwing them away, and also calculates the environmental benefits associated with keeping these organic materials out of landfills.