For years, my compost bin sat in the corner of the garden like a badge of environmental virtue. I turned it dutifully, separated my kitchen scraps, and felt quietly superior at the recycling center.

PAWLET — The project started with a simple observation. “We noticed a lot of food waste every day after lunch,” said one Mettawee Community School sixth grader. “Then we started wondering about the ...

Sixth-grade lunch at Providence Middle School in Chesterfield County is coming to an end, and Angel Gonzalez quickly shoots his hand up to volunteer to carry his friends’ trash.

Fifth grade students at Madison Elementary are digging into science and sustainability through a year-long indoor gardening and composting STEM project that allows them to grow their own food from ...

As a young boy, I had to contend with my grandfather’s compost heap. It was a veritable Vesuvius of foul-smelling, putrescible plant waste, a metre high and hidden behind a privet hedge. We had placed ...