Get tips on choosing a quieter machine, timing, and techniques that will help keep the peace in your neighborhood.

Skip the back-breaking rake for light leaf cleanup. This machine makes clearing your yard easier while saving your back for more enjoyable fall chores.

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That first sun-warmed tomato picked straight from the vine can feel practically free. After all, you planted one little seedling and several weeks later you’re carrying tomatoes into the kitchen by ...

After years in the packaging industry, Haplast Group has developed HAPBIO, a line of biodegradable packaging products ...

Georgia Tech researchers are finding a new way to give plastic waste a second life, turning hard-to-recycle plastic into new materials and products.

Wear a respirator. Chopping up leaves into tiny bits in an enclosed space like a trash can produces a cloud of dust that can ...

Instead of stuffing heaps of fallen foliage into bags, these specialty lawn tools can shred a large leaf pile into a small ...

In bulk chemical processing, the final stages of production—packaging and internal logistics—frequently become operational ...