Everything you need to know about how to harvest green beans, from factors that limit their growth to visible signs the plant has reached maturity.

Our Green Bin program therefore does not accept plastics, including compostable and biodegradable plastics," said the email. "This policy, which ensures the integrity of our organics waste stream ...

A biodegradable coffee pod, for example, would be moved from the blue box, a program funded jointly by municipalities and product producers, to the green bin.

Browse here. During a news conference last week, Ontario Environment Minister Jeff Yurek said it’s up to municipalities to decide when they should allow coffee pods into their green-bin programs.

The beans themselves are encased in a green pod that must be peeled and shelled. To do so, simply snap off the stem ends of fava pods before peeling off their inner “string,” which keeps the ...