And Even MORE on Compost Ingredients

February 10, 2009 · 4 comments

Okay. We talked about compost ingredients HERE and HERE. Then a friend sent me an email with a few more items I forgot to list. (Thanks Lisa!)

More weird things you can compost…

Old flour, oats or expired grains
Pet Bedding from (rabbits & herbivores only)
Toilet & paper towel rolls
Leftover Wine (Who has leftover wine? That just doesn’t seem possible.)

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Darla February 10, 2009 at 9:59 am

I was just wondering about the paper towel rolls. Thanks.

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Teresa February 10, 2009 at 7:22 pm

We never have left-over wine either! ;)

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Donalyn February 13, 2009 at 6:22 am

We compost dryer lint, after reading that it was ok so long as your clothing is mostly cotton, which ours is. Cotton with kleenexes in the pockets usually – very compostable. :)

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Theresa Loe February 13, 2009 at 11:45 am

Hey – Donalyn,
I had to laugh about the kleenexes. When my boys have colds, I always discover the tissues they had in their pockets AFTER I pull the clothes out of the dryer. It happens every time. So, I can relate to that one!

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