- Stale bread (dry - not slathered with
mayo) - break up stale dried bread and add these "croutons" to your
pile. Birds who visit your yard may enjoy these morsels more than
your compost pile. I put my old bread out for the birds.
- Cork and leather (another example of an organic
material) - remember the more finely chopped the quicker these items will
decompose in the pile.
- Cotton fabric & string - although
these are another example of an organic material they will break up very
slowly and may not be a good addition.
- Dryer lint from natural fibers -- Caution
-- only cotton, wool, or other natural fibers go into the compost.
- Feathers - I pick them up around the
neighborhood lake. I find lots of goose down on the ground. I
guess you could toss in the feathers from old feather pillows or
down-filled comforters.
- Fireplace ashes cold to the touch.
Better to put ashes in the compost than in the land fill.
- Hair, in my case, dog hair and hubby
hair. It is amazing how much hair is shed by two beagles. I
cut my hubbies hair so into the compost it goes.
- Newspaper -- Most newspaper today print with vegetable-based ink, so
composting them is quite safe, either outside or in your worm bin.
However, newspaper can be put to much better use by recycling it. Unless
it is the only thing you have to counteract a wet and smelly compost bin,
newsprint should not be composted.
- Tea leaves with bags
- Vacuum cleaner bag stuff if you have
natural fiber carpets empty the bag directly into your compost. If you
have synthetic carpets then toss in the garbage.
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List of what goes in and what should stay
out of the compost pile
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List of Brown & Green Materials
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Composting Learning Resources & Supplies
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