composting

Hanna says the pilot program was an opportunity to test the logistics of a large-scale food composting collection service, which is likely to guide future operations.

A yard waste collection program in Casper gets a limited start up in May. The program, beginning with Thursday's route, is designed to divert things like leaves, dead plant material or grass clippings out of the land fill, in turn saving money by extending the landfills life...

Diversion of yard waste out of the landfill and into city compost would be introduced incrementally if  Casper City Council passes an ordinance that heard first reading Tuesday. City officials describe it as voluntary, though once implemented you would not be allowed to dump grass clippings and other yard waste into the regular dumpster...