Fort Worth Composting Pilot Program Residential Food Waste Composting Program – Recognizing the city’s landfill is filling up with materials that do not belong there, Fort Worth is advancing initiatives intended to divert materials away from the landfill that can be either re-used, recycled, mulched or composted.
Read MoreNature’s way of recycling organic materials Time to Recycle – The natural process of the decomposition of organic material into a soil amendment is known as composting. Composting, and then using that compost, is also good for the environment because it is a natural alternative to commercial
Read MoreSustainable Living as a College Student Plant Based Products Council – The circular economy is a method of production and consumption management that ensures everything is used to its maximum potential, having consumers reusing their everyday necessities until the product gets efficiently recycled or composted into a
Read MoreUrban Heat Island Management Study Texas Trees Foundation – Cities do not cause heat waves – they amplify them. Human activities on climate at the city/regional scale, accounting for both land surface changes and emissions of greenhouses gases, may be twice as great as the impacts of
Read MoreUrban Conservation Audubon Texas – Long characterized as a land of wide open spaces, the Lone Star State is increasingly defined by its burgeoning cities and suburbs. Texas is currently the 3rd-fastest growing state in the nation and this unprecedented growth is taking a heavy toll on
Read MoreProtecting Our Planet Starts with You National Ocean Service – Here are just a few of the things you can do: Reduce, reuse, and recycle. Cut down on what you throw away. Follow the three “R’s” to conserve natural resources and landfill space. Volunteer. Volunteer for cleanups
Read MoreA new study shows how fertilizer emissions could drop 80 percent by 2050. Popular Science – From methane in beef production to synthetic fertilizers, it’s no secret that agriculture is a huge source of climate-change inducing greenhouse gasses, and there’s a lot of work to be done
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