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What to compost and what not to compost

Category: Compact Composting | Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2009 12:10 am

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It is very easy and relatively simple to compost right in your home with no smell and using minimal space. In these economically difficult times, everything is valuable--especially our kitchen waste. We want to maximize our usage while minimizing waste; AND it does not have to cost an arm and a leg to do it.

What to compost and what not to compost:

--What SHOULD NOT Be Composted
-Meat, Fish or Meat-By-Products
-Meat fat or lard
-Cooking Oil (Any kind-even vegetable oil)

When composting these item--USE WORMS to hurry the process. These items will make your compost smell and attract unwanted vermin like beetles, roaches, rats, mice,etc.:
-Any dairy product (milk, cheese,yogurt, cream,etc.)
-Uncooked Rice
-Pasta
-Baked Beans
-Bread Products
-Cake

Second--What Can Be Composted QUICKLY WITHOUT SMELL AND WORMS
-All Fresh Vegetables (including potato peelings, onion skins, produce trimmings,etc)
-All Fresh Fruits (Including banana peels,orange peels, apple or pear cores, etc.)
-Freezer-burned fruit or vegetables
-Freezer-burned vegetables
-Nut shells (except pistacio)
-Popcorn (Uncooked)
-Coffee grounds
-Cooked rice
-Egg shells
-Tea bags and grounds
-Aquarium plants
-Leaves
-Plant Waste (from previous or dead foliage arrangements)
-Pine needles
-Houseplant trimmings
-Seaweed and kelp
-Wood
-Weeds (from the sidewalk)
-Envelopes
-Grocery receipts
-Kleenex tissues
-Paper napkins
-Paper towels
-Shredded cardboard
-Shredded newspapers
-Cardboard cereal boxes (shredded)
-Felt scraps
-Leather Scraps
-Lint (from clothes dryer)
-Pencil shavings
-Q-tips or cotton swabs (not the plastic!!)
-Sawdust

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