A standard countertop compost bin can fit around a gallon of scraps ... like an XL version of a food-prep garbage bowl. But in a happy coincidence, the bin arrived around the same time that ...

The many traditions of the holiday season brings a lot of waste that gets discarded in the garbage - from torn up wrapping ...

Along with orange peels and eggshells, people are tossing cling wrap, foam trays and other plastic food packaging into their compost, contaminating it.