Some cities have a compost collection service where such difficult to compost items could be placed but your home compost pile needs to only have easily composted material such as vegetable cuttings, products like clean paper and cardboard are at the very limits of what you should be composting at home. Wait till you have such a commercial compost pickup before composting the difficult to compost items.
The easiest way to compost all kinds of food scraps is probably to use a Bokashi bin. You simply put all left-overs in a bin, add some EM organisms (you'll have to buy those), then close and seal the bin and let it stand for two weeks. The EM organisms will process all organic material, but the result won't be compost just yet. After two weeks you put the bin contents on your compost heap (if you decide to create one) or you can simply bury it in your garden. Both are good ways to process it further into compost.
You actually can compost meat, even with a regular compost heap, but you have to be careful because it may attract vermin and maggots. Best is to compost only small quantities of meat (or fish for that matter) at a time and bury it deep into your compost heap/bin.
I still wouldn't compost dairy, hair or vacuum bag waste though. Not even with a Bokashi bin.
No, no, NO! Do not compost meat and dairy (or fast, oils, and a variety of other things. In theory, they can be composted but not in a home compost pile. Skip the vacuum bag waste, too. Chances are that it is largely synthetic fibers. And go easy on the paper; it can mat up.
You want a 4' cubed bin, give or take a foot and you want to fill it with 2/3 high-carbon material, 1/3 high-nitrogen material. In most cases, these are largely fallen leaves and grass clippings, respectively.
I wrote a booklet on composting and have a few copies left. If you would like, I could send you one for a SASE. Email me and I will send you my address.
Only vegetables, egg shells if rinsed, grass (even the kind you smoke) leaves, lawn debris no meat of grease or broth unless it is vegetable Basics would be a layer of brown then green then brown Not a large portion of leaves it will become acidic and you will need to add lime. If you do garden and need mulch I recommend Alfalfa Hay It has seed and earthworms will be attracted to your garden because of the high seed content They aerate the soil and poop a lot and they make free fish bait
The compost pile needs to be turned regularly. Have sn adult help you do a web seaarch for composting and you will be an expert in no time
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Hello! I'm trying to get my family to recycle as much as we can this summer, because I'm upset with how much waste we send to the landfill. I understand that a variety of things can be composted, including used tissues, paper towels and napkins, hair, vacuum bag waste, cotton balls, and all foods including meat and dairy. What's the best manner of composting these odd things? My mother doesn't want to grow food using this sort of addition to our compost... Can I just flip this stuff outside and it'll do its thing? What do you recommend? Thanks for your input!
