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bamage



Joined: 05 Jun 2004
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Location: Carrollton

Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2005 11:51 am    Post subject: Shredded office paper OK to compost?  

If I avoid shredding anything "glossy", is there any problem w/ adding cross-cut shredded office paper to my compost bin and counting it as "brown" material?
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Richard Spitzer



Joined: 22 Apr 2003
Posts: 56
Location: Robinson,TEXAS

Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2005 7:41 pm    Post subject: Shredded paper OK to compost  

Shredded paper will work fine in the compost pile. Keep it turned because it may pack down more than some other material. It also makes great bedding for worm composting.

Richard Spitzer
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Priswell



Joined: 15 Mar 2004
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Location: California, San Joaquin Valley - home of 105* summers, foggy winters.

Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2005 5:06 pm    Post subject:  

We have a cross cut shredder that we use at home for everything except colored advertising - we don't shred our newspaper, though, just waaaaay too much for that, but all our junk mail, "oops" printed things, and general paper trash, and it all goes into the compost pile.

Talk about ultimate privacy control! No personal information finds its way into the trash. It's all shredded and composted.
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