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THE YESES, NOES, AND CAUTIONS OF COMPOSTING

Yes:

  • Dust

  • Hair / fur

  • Plants, flowers, leaves, grass

  • Soil

  • Cotton / wool rags

  • Most paper and cardboard -> nothing with any sort of plastic coating or stickers

  • Straw -> not hay

  • Non-treated wood -> sawdust & wood shaving are examples of this

  • Algae / pond plants

  • Garden waste



Noes:

  • Coal ash

  • Glossy paper

  • Litter

  • Meat-eating animal poop

  • Diseased/insect ridden plants

  • Poisonous plants



Cautions:

  • Dryer lint​

  • Newspapers (due to the ingredients in the ink)

  • Wood ash -> only not for alkaline soil

  • Weeds -> no roots / seeds

  • Evergreens

  • Manure -> check source, animals with plant-based diets are much better



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