We know that each year nearly 150 million tons of municipal solid waste are discarded in landfills throughout the country. Much less is written, however, or known about the amount of garbage that ...

STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK CITY - How do you make sure that trash doesn't go to waste? By turning it into usable energy. Well, not the trash itself - rather, the "landfill gas" it emits when it ...

Landfills can make a profit from all their rotting waste and a new patent explains exactly how to make the most out of the stinky garbage sites. Decomposing trash produces methane, a landfill gas that ...

Stacker looks at how long it takes for the things people throw away to decompose. From a few days to millions of years, find out the decomposition rates of the most commonly trashed household items. - ...

If you take more than a cursory look at your compost pile, you will find creatures that scatter and slither and scurry. Don't run away screaming. This is nature at work, breaking down and recycling ...

Andersen has invented a device that tracks the decomposition of compost made of human feces, a function that he says could help improve environmental health all over the world. In earthquake-ravaged ...

(STACKER) — The phrase “ashes to ashes, dust to dust” comes from a common English Christian burial rite that includes the following King James Bible quote: “In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat ...

The word “decompose” means “to separate into constituent parts or elements or into simpler compounds,” according to Merriam-Webster. Biodegradation is a similar process, but one that is defined by ...