Comments on: 30 Unexpected and Unusual Things You Can Still Put in the Compost

By: Getting Creative with Compost: Cheers to Throwing Away Old Beer (and Other Things) | 1-800-Recycling

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:24:05 +0000

[...] 30 unexpected and usual things you can still put in the compost, Eco Salon mentions everything from cotton to matches. Before you light a fire on the computer screen with the [...]

By: The Compost Cheese Question |

The Compost Cheese Question | — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 01:56:30 +0000

[...] chemicals to my compost so I will loose the authentic organic-ness of my compost. According to 30 Unexpected and Unusual Things You Can Still Put in the Compost, expired dairy and moldy cheese – but hold the meat. They also approve the waxy brie cheese box.. [...]

By: Jauless

Jauless — Fri, 15 May 2009 01:57:26 +0000

For those apartment dwellers who can’t have a compost pile, get a worm bin. Worms will eat up nearly anything organic (hold the meat for vermin purposes, though it can be done), and you’ll be left with their castings (poo) which makes a great natural fertilizer/potting base for growing goodies with. No smell, no mess, recycle material and usable end-product.

By: Bill

Bill — Sun, 03 May 2009 01:55:21 +0000

Aren’t dryer lint and vacuum cleaner contents likely to contain lots of nasty toxic and/or non-degradable synthetic plastic fibers? Not to mention the chemicals some people use on their carpets. Yuck. And I’ve always read that you shouldn’t put things like cheese and dairy products in the pile because they’ll attract animals who will dig through the pile and make a mess. And lots of junk mail has shiny coatings made with unknown chemicals and plastics. I think I’ll stick with non-animal waste from the kitchen and the yard.

By: 22 Things You Didn't Know You Could Compost | WebEcoist

22 Things You Didn't Know You Could Compost | WebEcoist — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 19:07:35 +0000

[...] thrown away that could easily be converted into compost and given back to the soil instead and far stranger ways to compost than most people [...]

By: Laura

Laura — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 21:58:19 +0000

Important to note that your compost needs to be pretty hot to deal with fibers like cotton and wool.

By: Lorene Shaw

Lorene Shaw — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 00:39:28 +0000

Hmmmm. Use old socks as dusters. Then, when they’re too worn out for that task, throw them in the compost. Double-duty recycling!

By: Brenda

Brenda — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 00:39:20 +0000

Excellant article and perfect timing, because my household is finally going to compost, for a long-awaited garden this year! I’ll print and hang this up for the family to see and we’ll have a place to store our compost materials! We needed more info and your timing on posting this is just what we needed!

By: jh

jh — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:47:05 +0000

I recently came across compostable straws and plates as well, which is exciting. Here in Boulder, our garbage company is now picking up compost every other week which is amazing, especially in the winter when I cannot deal with trying to keep a compost pile going through the cold and snow. The more we can get our cities to do this, the better off we will be--it is possible to compost in the city! jh bodaweightloss

By: Nancy

Nancy — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:22:15 +0000

I’m not sure it’s illegal, but in an apartment building with no outdoors to put this, I can’t imagine…especially the spoiled milk and dairy products. I’d have roaches here in no time, and can’t imagine the stench. (but I bet you there are folks who do it ).

I do have a friend in the Hamptons who just keeps a large tupperware container of ‘compostables’ in the house and then takes it out to the backyard, digs a hole and buries it.