The question of whether or not L.A. County could champion a large-scale composting system is highly debatable, and some local governments in NorCal are making the green waste management system mandatory. more ›

Thanks to detailed sustainability planning and multiple trash-sorting stations at last weekend's Silver Lake Jubilee, the event successfully diverted 90 percent of trash produced at the event from landfills. According to Sustain LA, of the trash generated by dozens of vendors and more than 10,000 attendees, 3,600 pounds of waste was diverted to compost & recycling (over 2,000 pounds to compost alone) leaving 400 pounds of trash to landfill. more ›

LA’s Dept. of Water and Power has free weekend composting workshops countywide from Malibu to San Dimas. It’s also where you can purchase a compost bin at a huge discount for $40 (a similar model at a gardening center goes for well over twice that price). more ›

Gardeners swear by their homegrown concoctions of compost, made from food scraps turned into nutrients that feed the fruits, veggies, and flowers they grow. With so much food waste going into the trashcan and not back into the earth, though, the opportunity to create compost often gets wasted along with the garbage that chokes landfills. more ›

If you're going to become the neighborhood composter, then beware, there are certain regulations. more ›

Yesterday, a City Council committee passed a food recycling pilot project that would give 8,700 homes in South LA 2-gallon composting bins (however, still no locally based farm being provided). The Daily News says that 27% of black-bin waste is food equalling out to 230,000 tons of it a year. Food would be picked up and taken to a downtown transfer station and hauled up to a nearby Bakersfield composting facility. more ›